more like it
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]more like it (comparative form only)
- (informal) Better, more desirable.
- That's more like it!
- 2008, Maeve Binchy, Echoes[1]:
- “You could have some champagne cider if you like. It's a different taste, nice sort of drink,” he suggested. David sipped some: now this was more like it. Sweet and fizzy, very nice indeed.
References
[edit]- “more like it”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “that s more like it”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “more like it” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.