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like a bag of ferrets

like a bag of ferrets prepositional phrase: with a great deal of fuss, commotion, or physical jostling.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (simile) With a great deal of fuss, commotion, or physical jostling.

Forms of like a bag of ferrets

alternative formlike ferrets in a bag

Questions about like a bag of ferrets

What does like a bag of ferrets mean?
Like a bag of ferrets means with a great deal of fuss, commotion, or physical jostling.
What part of speech is like a bag of ferrets?
Like a bag of ferrets is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like a bag of ferrets in the dictionary

  1. likably
  2. likams
  3. Likasi
  4. likasite
  5. like
  6. like a bag of ferrets
  7. like a bat out of hell
  8. like a bear with a sore head
  9. like a bee in clover
  10. like a big dog
  11. like a bitch

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