like nobody's business in All languages combined

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          "text": "His customers reimburse him for the equipment he buys, but he seems to spend money like nobody's business.",
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        "In an extreme manner; excessively; like crazy."
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          "word": "like it's going out of style"
        },
        {
          "word": "like water"
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        {
          "word": "as if there were no tomorrow"
        },
        {
          "word": "like a house on fire"
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          "word": "like it's nobody's business"
        }
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        "not-comparable"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in an extreme manner",
          "word": "hullun lailla"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "like nobody's business"
}

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        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "like nobody's business (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
      "word": "like it's going out of style"
    },
    {
      "word": "like water"
    },
    {
      "word": "as if there were no tomorrow"
    },
    {
      "word": "like a house on fire"
    }
  ],
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          "text": "His customers reimburse him for the equipment he buys, but he seems to spend money like nobody's business.",
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        "In an extreme manner; excessively; like crazy."
      ],
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        "(simile, colloquial) In an extreme manner; excessively; like crazy."
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "like it's nobody's business"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in an extreme manner",
      "word": "hullun lailla"
    }
  ],
  "word": "like nobody's business"
}

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"like nobody's business" meaning in All languages combined

Adverb [English]

Alternative forms