Definition
Someone who takes after one of their parents; (generally) a person similar to another.
In Context
- "He's a chip off the old block—quick to anger just like his father."
- "[A] new Parliment is called at York, where the elder Spencer is advanced to the Earldom of Winchester; and Harkely, another Chip of the same Block, is made Earl of Carlisle."
Also Said As
- chip of the same block
- chip off the same block
See Also
- apple does not fall far from the tree
- like father, like son