Speakur

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like nobody's business

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables
like no-body's busi-ness
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an extreme manner; excessively; like crazy.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

like it's nobody's business (alternative)

Phrases

like it's going out of style like water as if there were no tomorrow like a house on fire none of someone's business

Frequently Paired Words

like it's going out of style like water as if there were no tomorrow like a house on fire none of someone's business

Synonyms

like crazy

Questions

What does like nobody's business mean?
In an extreme manner; excessively; like crazy.

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