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LIKE SIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does like sin mean?
• LIKE SIN (adverb)
The adverb LIKE SIN has 1 sense:
1. (informal) with great speed or effort or intensity; used for emphasis
Familiarity information: LIKE SIN used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(informal) with great speed or effort or intensity; used for emphasis
Synonyms:
like crazy; like hell; like mad; like sin; like the devil; like thunder
Context example:
fought like the devil
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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