make like — ● make * * * make like mainly american spoken phrase to pretend to be something you are not She makes like she’s the boss round here. Thesaurus: to pretend to do or feel somethingsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
make like … — make like… idiom (NAmE, informal) to pretend to be, know or have sth in order to impress people • He makes like he s the greatest actor of all time. Main entry: ↑makeidiom … Useful english dictionary
make like — verb a) To behave as though. Make like were getting married and repeat after me, 2004 is the year I will moisturise daily . b) To behave in the manner of. In his office is an eight foot bull whip; Ed likes to snap it around and make like a slave… … Wiktionary
make like — idi+inf inf to pretend to be or to be like: to make like a clown[/ex] … From formal English to slang
make like N. Amer. — make like N. Amer. informal pretend to be. → make … English new terms dictionary
Make Like Paper — Infobox Single Name = Make Like Paper Artist = Red House Painters from Album = Songs for a Blue Guitar B side = Released = February 1997 Format = CD Recorded = 1995 Genre = Folk rock Length = 5:26 (edit) 12:03 (album version) Label = Supreme… … Wikipedia
make like someone or something — in. to ct like someone or something. □ Why don’t you make like a bunny and run away? Beat it! □ Would you please make like a butler and hold the door open for me? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
make like a tree and leave — verb to leave, depart Syn: make like a baby and head out, make like a banana and split … Wiktionary
make like a banana and split — verb to leave, depart Syn: make like a baby and head out, make like a tree and leave … Wiktionary
make like a tree and leave — in. to leave; to depart. (A pun on the leaf of a tree.) □ I have to leave now. It’s time to make like a tree and leave. □ Hey, Jane. Don’t you have an appointment somewhere? Why don’t you make like a tree and leave? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
make like — mainly American spoken to pretend to be something you are not She makes like she s the boss round here … English dictionary
