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like that

1. In that way or manner, having those characteristics, as in I told him not to talk to her like that, or I wish I could, like Dick, tell you what I really think, but I'm not like that. [Late 1800s]

2. See just like that.

(just) like ˈthat

without hesitating: I asked him for some money and he gave it to me just like that.

See also: like, that

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