Definition of Like sin

1. Adverb. With great speed or effort or intensity. "Fought like the devil"

Exact synonyms: Like Crazy, Like Hell, Like Mad, Like The Devil, Like Thunder
Language type: Colloquialism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Like Sin

like it or lump it
like kings
like like
like mad
like new
like nobody's business
like one's life depended on it
like pigs in clover
like rats from a sinking ship
like riding a bike
like rolling off a log
like royalty
like shooting fish in a barrel
like sin (current term)
like sixty
like so
like taking candy from a baby
like terms
like that
like the back end of a bus
like the clappers
like the devil
like the new time
like there is no tomorrow
like this
like thunder
like turkeys voting for Christmas
like turkeys voting for an early Christmas

Literary usage of Like sin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pronunciation of Standard English in America by George Philip Krapp (1919)
"(15) Repeat pairs of words like sin and sing, win and wing, ... (16) Repeat groups of words like sin, sing, sink; win, wing, wink; thin, thing, think, ..."

2. Anecdotes and Examples Illustrating the Catholic Catechism by Francis Spirago (1904)
"A. Those who make use of spells and charms, or who believe in dreams, in mediums, spiritists, fortunetellers, and the like, sin against the first ..."

3. Moses and Israel: Sacred Text of the Lessons by George Ripley Bliss, Franklin Johnson, American Bible Union (1874)
"As the most terrible disease known to the people, leprosy was considered by both Jews and Gentiles the symbol of sin. like sin, it begins in a hidden ..."

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