"Google is your friend" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} Google is your friend
  1. (Internet slang) A suggestion that the addressee could learn something using an Internet search engine, rather than asking others. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Google Synonyms: GIYF, giyf

Alternative forms

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