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Meaning of like breaking sticks | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Without any difficulty.

informal

Examples

“Well, Schultz is around after me again that night to take⟳ me to the house in the grove, and in fact every night for a month hand-running I play⟳ the captain and it is not long before I am beating him like⟳ breaking sticks.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

like buggery like clockwork like crack like crazy like flies on a rib roast like flies on pie

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