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like a raped ape

like a raped ape prepositional phrase: with great rapidity.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (vulgar, simile) With great rapidity.
    • I'd like to report that this was his last mistake, but the quick little devil dodged my arrow and took off like a raped ape.1978, Chuck Adams, The Complete Book of Bowhunting, page 213
    • The nurses' aide takes off like a raped ape and Fairingnose winks at me.1983, Cycle World, volume 22

Questions about like a raped ape

What does like a raped ape mean?
Like a raped ape means with great rapidity.
What part of speech is like a raped ape?
Like a raped ape is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like a raped ape in the dictionary

  1. like a mother hawk
  2. like a pakapoo ticket
  3. like a phoenix from the ashes
  4. like a pig in clover
  5. like a plasterer's radio
  6. like a raped ape
  7. like a rat from a sinking ship
  8. like a rat up a drain
  9. like a rat up a drainpipe
  10. like a ripe plum
  11. like a scalded cat

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