Idiom Breakdown

and the like

INFORMAL English coordinates

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Definition

And other similar items; et cetera.

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Origins

From the 16th century. Replaced earlier and other like.

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In Context

"And farther back still in the evolutionary process we may trace [...] the divinisation of four-footed animals and birds and snakes and trees and the like[.]"
"Similarly, Fingilish usually refers to transliterated Farsi in chatrooms, text messages, and the like."

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Also Said As

and so on