look like

idiom

: to have an appearance that is very similar to (someone or something) : to resemble (someone or something)
You look just like your mother!
That powdered sugar looks like snow.

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Genshin Impact Genshin Impact may look like Breath of the Wild, but make no mistake - this is a gacha game through and through. David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024 Eat it fresh and enjoy the contrasting textures or allow the sauce Banh uot While these may look like banh cuon, the difference lies in the details. Christina Liao, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024 But the scene also has to look like the diving experience of two people who pulled together equipment from remnants of a lost world, so there’s nothing high tech or simple about this dive — on screen or off. Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024 The crescent of four lights of decreasing brightness will look like Christmas lights. Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for look like 

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“Look like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20like. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.

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