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like a knife through butter

like a knife through butter prepositional phrase: with great ease and effectiveness.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (simile) With great ease and effectiveness.

Synonyms of like a knife through butter

Questions about like a knife through butter

What does like a knife through butter mean?
Like a knife through butter means with great ease and effectiveness.
What part of speech is like a knife through butter?
Like a knife through butter is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like a knife through butter in the dictionary

  1. like a hot knife through butter
  2. like a house afire
  3. like a kid at Christmas
  4. like a kid in a candy store
  5. like a kid on Christmas morning
  6. like a knife through butter
  7. like a lamb to the slaughter
  8. like a man
  9. like a man possessed
  10. like a martin to his gourd
  11. like a martin to its gourd

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