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phr. (non-gloss definition: Used to challenge another's use of a term, replacing it with something the speaker or writer considers more pertinent.)
Usage examples of "more like".
I had to settle for half of Depp's trailer, along with his C4 Porsche and his wig, so I could look more like myself when I drove around Beverly Hills and stared at people when we rolled to a halt at stoplights on Rodeo Drive.
Plus, I lost what looks more and more like a tremendous advantage of anonymity.
J2E2's mission control in La Jolla, then, is more like a virtual reality game den than a Shuttle-era firing room.
Gobs of dirty grey mist being batted around by icy gusts made it seem more like a last resort than a resort.
It seemed more like a year to me, but the ALSC does strange things to your sense of time.
I couldnt tell whether it sounded more like Sodom and Gomorrah or Camelot-all the adjectives he used.
And, according to still others, he was also accompanied or else pursued by a mysterious, tall, slender woman who always wore a black veil and loose dark dresses that were more like robes, and had a way of appearing and disappearing suddenly.
In a few places the trail was so steep it was more like climbing than walking.