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Robert's your mother's brother

Robert's your mother's brother phrase: synonym of Bob's your uncle.

Phrase

Robert's your mother's brother

  1. Synonym of Bob's your uncle.
    • To send a byte to the printer, Open the default channel to the printer port, and then send the byte to be printed out by using RST 10h in the usual manner, when you’ve finished, put the screen back as the defult^([sic]) channel, and Robert’s your mother’s brother.1987 February, Rupert Goodwins, “Sinclair Surgery: Spectrum on the blink? Rupert Goodwins has a cure”, in David Kelly, editor, Sinclair User, number [59], London: EMAP Business & Computer...
    • The hole, you see, grants access to an electric motor that drives the components that do the physical locking and unlocking. And clearly, if you can operate the motor quite independently of any code, why, then Robert’s your mother’s brother, and you have an easy way in.2010, Chris Ewan, chapter 15, in The Good Thief’s Guide to Vegas (Good Thief’s Guide; 3), London: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 130

Synonyms of Robert's your mother's brother

Forms of Robert's your mother's brother

alternative formRobert is your mother's brother

Questions about Robert's your mother's brother

What does Robert's your mother's brother mean?
Robert's your mother's brother means synonym of Bob's your uncle.
What part of speech is Robert's your mother's brother?
Robert's your mother's brother is a phrase.

Words near Robert's your mother's brother in the dictionary

  1. Robert is your uncle
  2. Robert Island
  3. Robert Lee
  4. Robert's Rules of Order
  5. Robert's your father's brother
  6. Robert's your mother's brother
  7. Robert's your uncle
  8. Roberta
  9. Robertian
  10. Robertians
  11. Robertine

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