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after a fashion

1. if you do something after a fashion, you manage to do it although not very well. I can paint after a fashion, but I'm certainly not as good as you.

2. almost, but not completely. 'A vegetarian diet is much healthier.' 'That's true after a fashion, although I don't believe all meat is bad for you.'

See also: after

a fashion victim (humorous)

an impolite way of referring to someone who buys too many fashionable clothes. She's a complete fashion victim! Why else would she pay £100 for a pair of jeans?

like it's going out of fashion (informal)

if you use something like it's going out of fashion, you use large amounts of it very quickly. Emma spends money like it's going out of fashion.

See also: going, it's, like

parrot-fashion (British & Australian)

if you learn something parrot-fashion, you are able to repeat the words, but you do not understand their meaning. When I went to Sunday school, we had to recite passages from the Bible parrot-fashion.

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after a fashion

1. to some degree but not very well. I can paint after a fashion, but I'm certainly not as good as you.

2. almost but not completely. What he said is true after a fashion, though a few of his facts were wrong.

See also: after