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like one owns the place

like one owns the place prepositional phrase: with a sense of arrogant superiority.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (informal) With a sense of arrogant superiority.
    • He strutted in here like he owned the place.

Questions about like one owns the place

What does like one owns the place mean?
Like one owns the place means with a sense of arrogant superiority.
What part of speech is like one owns the place?
Like one owns the place is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like one owns the place in the dictionary

  1. like old boots
  2. like one means it
  3. like one needs a hole in the head
  4. like one o'clock
  5. like one o'clock half struck
  6. like one owns the place
  7. like one's life depended on it
  8. like painting the Forth Bridge
  9. like peas and carrots
  10. like peas in a pod
  11. like pigs in clover

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