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something like that

something like that pronoun: an intentionally vague thing, used in answers to leading questions which the speaker wishes to deflect or evade.

Pronoun

something like that

  1. (euphemistic) An intentionally vague thing, used in answers to leading questions which the speaker wishes to deflect or evade.
    • How much did that cost you? Five grand?
      Something like that, yeah...
    • So are you two an item yet?
      Eh, something like that.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see something, like, that.

Origin of something like that

From something + like + that.

Questions about something like that

What does something like that mean?
Something like that means an intentionally vague thing, used in answers to leading questions which the speaker wishes to deflect or evade.
What part of speech is something like that?
Something like that is a pronoun.

Words near something like that in the dictionary

  1. something is better than nothing
  2. something is rotten in Denmark
  3. something is rotten in the state of Denmark
  4. something is up
  5. something like
  6. something like that
  7. something nasty in the woodshed
  8. something or another
  9. something or other
  10. something or the other
  11. something something

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