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after one's own soul

Syllables: af·ter one's own soulUK/ˈæftə wʌnz əʊn ˈsəʊl/US/ˈæftɚ wʌnz oʊn ˈsoʊl/

after one's own soul prepositional phrase: synonym of after one's own heart.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Synonym of after one's own heart.
    • "Give me a kiss, my dear boy," said Fagan, with tears in his eyes. "You're after my own soul. As long as Jack Fagan lives you shall never want a friend or a second."1844 January–December, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “In which I Show Myself to be a Man of Spirit”, in “The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. [The Luck of Barry Lyndon.]”, in Miscellanies: Prose and...

Synonyms of after one's own soul

Questions about after one's own soul

What does after one's own soul mean?
After one's own soul means synonym of after one's own heart.
What part of speech is after one's own soul?
After one's own soul is a prepositional phrase.
How do you pronounce after one's own soul?
After one's own soul is pronounced /ˈæftə wʌnz əʊn ˈsəʊl/ (UK).

Words near after one's own soul in the dictionary

  1. after image journals
  2. after length
  3. after lengths
  4. after me the deluge
  5. after one's own heart
  6. after one's own soul
  7. after Saturday comes Sunday
  8. after school special
  9. after school specials
  10. after taste
  11. after tastes

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