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like water

like water prepositional phrase: abundantly; consumed rapidly or found in great quantity.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (simile) Abundantly; consumed rapidly or found in great quantity.
    • He throws great parties: the beer flows like water.
    • We will invade the village, and the blood will flow like water.

Words formed from like water

Questions about like water

What does like water mean?
Like water means abundantly; consumed rapidly or found in great quantity.
What part of speech is like water?
Like water is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like water in the dictionary

  1. like to
  2. like turkeys voting for an early Christmas
  3. like turkeys voting for Christmas
  4. like two peas in a pod
  5. like unto
  6. like water
  7. like water off a duck's back
  8. like white on rice
  9. like whiteheads
  10. like winkin
  11. like winking

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