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like cats and dogs

like cats and dogs prepositional phrase: combative; inclined to fight amongst themselves.

Prepositional phrase

like cats and dogs

  1. (simile) Combative; inclined to fight amongst themselves.

Questions about like cats and dogs

What does like cats and dogs mean?
Like cats and dogs means combative; inclined to fight amongst themselves.
What part of speech is like cats and dogs?
Like cats and dogs is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like cats and dogs in the dictionary

  1. like Blackpool Illuminations
  2. like breaking sticks
  3. like buggery
  4. like butter on a bald monkey
  5. like candy
  6. like cats and dogs
  7. like cheese at fourpence
  8. like clockwork
  9. like crack
  10. like crazy
  11. like death warmed over

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