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like a rat up a drainpipe

like a rat up a drainpipe prepositional phrase: very rapidly.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (colloquial, simile) Very rapidly.

Questions about like a rat up a drainpipe

What does like a rat up a drainpipe mean?
Like a rat up a drainpipe means very rapidly.
What part of speech is like a rat up a drainpipe?
Like a rat up a drainpipe is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like a rat up a drainpipe in the dictionary

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

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