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Definition

Someone who takes after one of their parents; (generally) a person similar to another.

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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."
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Also Said As

  • chip of the same block
  • chip off the same block
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See Also

  • apple does not fall far from the tree
  • like father, like son