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like a champ

like a champ prepositional phrase: very well; with great success or skill.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Very well; with great success or skill.
    • Wow, you took that punch like a champ.
    • Here's Barbara Mikulski, who enters like a champ with great big hair.2012 September 5, Elspeth Reeve, “DNC Recap: Bill Clinton's Night”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07...

Examples of like a champ in a sentence

  • That guy knows how to get faded like a champ!" ¶ Thirty-year-old me thinks, "I'm concerned for the boy's health and the general sanitation of this festival.2015 June 10, Farley Katz, “Music Festivals in Your Thirties”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC...
  • My sunny front lawn, however, grows like a champ.2019 April 26, Ronda Kaysen, “I'm Done Mowing My Lawn”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Questions about like a champ

What does like a champ mean?
Like a champ means very well; with great success or skill.
How do you use like a champ in a sentence?
That guy knows how to get faded like a champ!" ¶ Thirty-year-old me thinks, "I'm concerned for the boy's health and the general sanitation of this festival.
What part of speech is like a champ?
Like a champ is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like a champ in the dictionary

  1. like a bull in a china shop
  2. like a bulldog with a bone
  3. like a bump on a log
  4. like a cat in a strange garret
  5. like a cat on a hot tin roof
  6. like a champ
  7. like a charm
  8. like a chicken on a June bug
  9. like a chicken with its head cut off
  10. like a chicken with its head off
  11. like a chicken with no head

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