just like
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- phrasal verb
- The weather is just like it was yesterday, warm and sunny.
- look just like someone
- just like everyone else
- just like other people
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Watch on YouTubeIt is just a flat, just like a flat brush.
- It is just a flat, just like a flat brush.
- And he says you act just like him, yet you knew me.
- They and we that, that was just like the opening salvo.
- And, and once you move past it, it's just like freedom.
- I know Sigma has a brush just like this, whatever.
- So like what if you were just like a basic kid?
- Like for the the cheeks it gives you just like a wet look.
- That's how I could see it, just like a red blur.
- But really it was just like I had this square peg.
Examples
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Andy, what if I told you that there was a whole society of people just like you?
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Just like it's a man's nature to go out and hustle and get the things he wants.
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And he says you act just like him, yet you knew me.
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You used to be just like me.
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She... she had red hair, just like you did.
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Remember, her mother comes to pick her up every day after school, just like your mother does.
Academic text (2012) -
You know, I am a dog lover just like you, always have been.
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Hey, they're Americans just like us.
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At the last stage, the Polish school functions just like any other parochial school in America.
Academic text (1994) -
To H, looking at the illustrations of Wen's work was just like seeing real paintings by him.
Academic text (2015)
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'in the same way as; exactly as' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'just' (precisely) with 'like' (similar to). This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard comparative/similarity constructions, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Just like puts just, meaning 'exactly', next to like, meaning 'similar', so imagine a mirror or a perfect copy. That's why when you say just like, you mean 'in the same way as'.