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like a rat up a drain

like a rat up a drain is the alternative form of like a rat up a drainpipe.

Meaning of like a rat up a drainpipe

Prepositional phrase

  1. (colloquial, simile) Very rapidly.

Questions about like a rat up a drain

What is like a rat up a drain the alternative form of?
Like a rat up a drain is the alternative form of like a rat up a drainpipe.

Words near like a rat up a drain in the dictionary

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

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