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Make like

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To behave as though. US, colloquial

    "Make like we're getting married and repeat after me, "2004 is the year I will moisturise daily"."

  2. 2
    To behave in the manner of. US, colloquial

    "In his office is an eight-foot bull whip; Ed likes to snap it around and make like a slave-driver."

Etymology

Originally a US regionalism; compare earlier make as if.

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