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Robert's your uncle

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

Phrase

Robert's your uncle

  1. Synonym of Bob's your uncle.
    • They would send a man immediately, and if he could not get it open they would run us home! We left the telephone, walked up two small flights of stairs, and opened the front door as, believe it or not, the car with three policemen in it was just pulling up. I mention this amazing promptitude hoping...1949 February 19, Charles, “My Column”, in Bristol Evening Post, number 5,224, Bristol, →OCLC, page 2, columns 2–3
    • When the $120,000 first mortgage came due in 1970, they managed to get it renewed for another five years and finally paid it off in 1975. Delta sold some portions of the land on the north side over the years, but retained enough to put up another office building, due to open this fall. And Robert’s...1976 September 25, Barry Conn Hughes, “How to build a hotel chain without any money: Delta did it with finesse”, in The Financial Post Magazine, Toronto, Ont.: Maclean-Hunter, →OCLC, page 48, column 3

Synonyms of Robert's your uncle

Forms of Robert's your uncle

alternative formRobert is your uncle

Questions about Robert's your uncle

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

Words near Robert's your uncle in the dictionary

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

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