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like the new time

like the new time prepositional phrase: furiously or vigorously, repeatedly.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Ireland, colloquial, simile) Furiously or vigorously, repeatedly.
    • He was running like the new time when the dog chased him.

Questions about like the new time

What does like the new time mean?
Like the new time means furiously or vigorously, repeatedly.
What part of speech is like the new time?
Like the new time is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like the new time in the dictionary

  1. like the cat that got the cream
  2. like the clappers
  3. like the devil
  4. like the man said
  5. like the man says
  6. like the new time
  7. like the sound of one's own voice
  8. like the wind
  9. like the wrath of God
  10. like there is no tomorrow
  11. like there was no tomorrow

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