like water

idiom

informal
: in large amounts
He spends money like water.

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If your stock still looks thin like water, even after being fully refrigerated, add the gelatin solution as instructed in the recipe. Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025 Most of it, after all, is tied up in compounds like water or hydrocarbons. Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 Interest in its production amped up under President Joe Biden, whose administration earmarked billions of dollars in federal subsidies to help companies make it from things like water and renewable power. Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 The government implemented this policy in the 1930s, just as another Roosevelt, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was shifting the focus of conservation beyond natural resources like water and forests. Johnathan K Williams / Made By History, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for like water

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“Like water.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like%20water. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.

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