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Meaning of like old boots | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Synonym of like anything (“with plenty of effort, speed, etc.”).

UK, archaic, slang

Examples

“Well, I worked like old boots; and all through the beastly long term I went on steadily creeping ahead of those two.”

CEFR level

C1

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

See also

like one means it like one needs a hole in the head like one o'clock like one o'clock half struck like one owns the place like one's life depended on it