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in the vein of

in the vein of preposition: similar to, along the lines of.

Preposition

in the vein of

  1. similar to, along the lines of

Questions about in the vein of

What does in the vein of mean?
In the vein of means similar to, along the lines of.
What part of speech is in the vein of?
In the vein of is a preposition.

Words near in the vein of in the dictionary

  1. in the trenches
  2. in the twinkling of a bedpost
  3. in the twinkling of a bedstaff
  4. in the twinkling of an eye
  5. in the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
  6. in the vein of
  7. in the wake of
  8. in the wars
  9. in the way
  10. in the way of
  11. in the weeds

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