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chips off old blocks

chips off old blocks is the plural of chip off the old block.

Meaning of chip off the old block

Noun

chip off the old block (plural chips off the old block or chips off old blocks)

  1. (idiomatic) Someone who takes after one of their parents; (generally) a person similar to another.
    • He's a chip off the old block—quick to anger just like his father.

Questions about chips off old blocks

What is chips off old blocks the plural of?
Chips off old blocks is the plural of chip off the old block.

Words near chips off old blocks in the dictionary

  1. chips in
  2. chips into
  3. chips mayai
  4. chips of old blocks
  5. chips of the old block
  6. chips off old blocks
  7. chips off the block
  8. chips off the old block
  9. chips on one's shoulder
  10. chips up
  11. chips with everything

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