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does someone look like

does someone look like phrase: used if the interlocutor seems to believe something inaccurate about (someone); this question serves to free someone of a misconception.

Phrase

does someone look like ...?

  1. (rhetoric) Used if the interlocutor seems to believe something inaccurate about (someone); this question serves to free someone of a misconception.
    • Why are you asking me to make dinner? Do I look like I can cook?
    • So you're learning the cello. Great. Do I look like someone who cares?

Questions about does someone look like

What does does someone look like mean?
Does someone look like means used if the interlocutor seems to believe something inaccurate about (someone); this question serves to free someone of a misconception.
What part of speech is does someone look like?
Does someone look like is a phrase.

Words near does someone look like in the dictionary

  1. does right by
  2. does somebody wrong
  3. does someone a frighten
  4. does someone brown
  5. does someone like that
  6. does someone look like
  7. does someone one better
  8. does someone proud
  9. does someone's bidding
  10. does someone's business
  11. does someone's head in

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