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Meaning of on like Donkey Kong | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2
/ˈɒn laɪk ˈdɒŋki kɒŋ/

Definitions

An intensifier used in the same contexts as it's on, go on, and other expressions using the word on, but to express greater emphasis.

US, slang

Examples

“It's on like Donkey Kong / You wanted that fast buck / Now I gotta light that ass up”
“If those four white police don't get hung, it's on again. It's on like Donkey Kong!”
“Got it going on like Donkey Kong, and whoo-wee, shut my mouth, slap your grandma, there oughta be a law.”
“It's going to be "on like Donkey Kong" when Food Network Star and local restaurant owner Guy Fieri comes to the 2007 California State Fair!”
“I will politically haunt you for the biggest fumble in the history of San Francisco politics. It's on like Donkey Kong.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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