"chip off the old block" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-chip off the old block.ogg Forms: chips off the old block [plural], chips off old blocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|chips off the old block|chips off old blocks}} chip off the old block (plural chips off the old block or chips off old blocks)
  1. (idiomatic) Someone who takes after one of their parents; (generally) a person similar to another. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): People Synonyms: chip of the same block, chip off the same block, chip of the old block, chip off the block Related terms: apple does not fall far from the tree, like father, like son Translations (someone who takes after a parent): die appel val nie ver van die boom af nie (Afrikaans), a acha tira para a racha (Galician), ზედგამოჭრილი მამაა (zedgamoč̣rili mamaa) (Georgian), ზედგამოჭრილი დედაა (zedgamoč̣rili dedaa) (Georgian), nem esik messze az alma a fájától (Hungarian), apja fia (english: son resembling his father) (Hungarian), anyja lánya (english: daughter resembling her mother) (Hungarian), kiköpött apja/anyja (olyan, mint az) (Hungarian), slis den seanmhaide [feminine] (Irish), tale padre, tale figlio (Italian), bapa borek anak rintik (Malay), wykapany ojciec [masculine] (Polish), wykapana matka [feminine] (Polish), de tal palo, tal astilla (Spanish), vara mamma/pappa upp i dagen (Swedish), brås (Swedish)

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Alternative forms

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      "sense": "someone who takes after a parent",
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      "sense": "someone who takes after a parent",
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      "sense": "someone who takes after a parent",
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      "sense": "someone who takes after a parent",
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      "sense": "someone who takes after a parent",
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