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like mother, like daughter

like mother, like daughter proverb: a daughter takes after her mother.

Proverb

like mother, like daughter

  1. (idiomatic) A daughter takes after her mother.

Questions about like mother, like daughter

What does like mother, like daughter mean?
Like mother, like daughter means a daughter takes after her mother.
What part of speech is like mother, like daughter?
Like mother, like daughter is a proverb.

Words near like mother, like daughter in the dictionary

  1. like mad
  2. like magic
  3. like merry hell
  4. like molasses
  5. like molasses in January
  6. like mother, like daughter
  7. like mushrooms
  8. like new
  9. like no other
  10. like nobody else
  11. like nobody's business

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