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like a moth to flame

like a moth to flame is the alternative form of like a moth to the flame.

Meaning of like a moth to the flame

Prepositional phrase

  1. Inescapably allured by something harmful.
    • I came back and back to the same bad relationship, like a moth to the flame.

Questions about like a moth to flame

What is like a moth to flame the alternative form of?
Like a moth to flame is the alternative form of like a moth to the flame.

Words near like a moth to flame in the dictionary

  1. like a million bucks
  2. like a million dollars
  3. like a million pounds
  4. like a monkey on a stick
  5. like a moth to a flame
  6. like a moth to flame
  7. like a moth to the flame
  8. like a mother hawk
  9. like a pakapoo ticket
  10. like a phoenix from the ashes
  11. like a pig in clover

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