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like it's going out of style

Syllables: like it's go·ing out of styleUK/ˌlaɪk ɪts ˈɡəʊɪŋ aʊt əv ˈstaɪl/US/ˌlaɪk ɪts ˈɡoʊɪŋ aʊt əv ˈstaɪl/

like it's going out of style prepositional phrase: of engaging in an activity: enthusiastically; to an excessive degree.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (informal, simile) Of engaging in an activity: enthusiastically; to an excessive degree.
    • Jason has been drinking like it’s going out of style.
    • to spend money like it’s going out of style

Synonyms of like it's going out of style

Forms of like it's going out of style

alternative formas if it had been going out of style
alternative formas if it is going out of style
alternative formas if it's going out of style
alternative formas if it was going out of style
alternative formas if it were going out of style
alternative formlike it is going out of style
alternative formlike it were going out of style

Origin of like it's going out of style

A reference to someone engaging in an activity intensely, as if afraid that it will become unavailable or unpopular before they can get the most out of it.

Words that rhyme with like it's going out of style

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Questions about like it's going out of style

What does like it's going out of style mean?
Like it's going out of style means of engaging in an activity: enthusiastically; to an excessive degree.
What part of speech is like it's going out of style?
Like it's going out of style is a prepositional phrase.
How do you pronounce like it's going out of style?
Like it's going out of style is pronounced /ˌlaɪk ɪts ˈɡəʊɪŋ aʊt əv ˈstaɪl/ (UK).

Words near like it's going out of style in the dictionary

  1. like I cared
  2. like it or leave it
  3. like it or lump it
  4. like it or not
  5. like it's going out of fashion
  6. like it's going out of style
  7. like it's nobody's business
  8. like kicking a dead whale down the beach
  9. like kicking dead whales down the beach
  10. like lightning
  11. like like

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