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like

See:

EAT LIKE A BIRD,

FEEL LIKE,

LOOK LIKE THE CAT THAT ATE THE CANARY,

NOTHING LIKE,

THE LIKES OF or THE LIKE.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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