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Meaning of more like | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Used to challenge another's use of a term, replacing it with something the speaker or writer considers more pertinent.
    UK
  2. Used to introduce a pun or joke about some name.

Equivalents

Deutsch eher gesagt wohl eher wohl eher
Español más bien más como
Polski prędzej raczej

Examples

“"Load of old rubbish, more like. Just a daft story from a time when folk didn't know any better."”
“Syllabics? Silly bollocks, more like.”
“"Gloriously unpredictable?" Fucking rubbish, more like.”
“Nothing to do with his physical prowess. Bullshit and crap more like — very funny though.”
“'Notion Club! More like the Commotion Club! Is there any news of the Commoters?'”
“More like the Academy Awk-wards, am I right?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

more like it more money than brains more money than sense more plates, more dates more power to someone more than meets the eye

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