"something like" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: En-au-something like.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} something like (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) approximately Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-something_like-en-adv-X3nIcPKs

Phrase

Audio: En-au-something like.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} something like
  1. (informal, dated) A fine example or specimen of something. Tags: dated, informal Related terms: more like it
    Sense id: en-something_like-en-phrase--~uc1gSK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English positive polarity items Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of English positive polarity items: 0 100

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