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like someone owns the place

like someone owns the place adverb: in a self-important and domineering manner; self-importantly, arrogantly.

Adverb

like someone owns the place (not comparable)

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic) In a self-important and domineering manner; self-importantly, arrogantly.
    • Look at you walking in like you own the place!
    • “We both live on the same estate. You know I don’t have any cash.” Tina scoffed.
      “I bet you get pocket money. Always walking around like you own the place. Girls – grab her.” Like clockwork, the bullies circled our little heroine.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Forms of like someone owns the place

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Questions about like someone owns the place

What does like someone owns the place mean?
Like someone owns the place means in a self-important and domineering manner; self-importantly, arrogantly.
What part of speech is like someone owns the place?
Like someone owns the place is an adverb.

Words near like someone owns the place in the dictionary

  1. like shooting fish in a barrel
  2. like sin
  3. like sixty
  4. like smack
  5. like so
  6. like someone owns the place
  7. like speaking to a brick wall
  8. like speaking to a wall
  9. like stink
  10. like stink on shit
  11. like strange bulldogs

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