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A Wonderfool entry. I could also say "just as" or "just how". Perhaps we need to extend the definition at just. On a more RFCish kind of note, this isn't even a preposition, and prepositions are also labelled "prepositional phrases" here on Wiktionary when there's more than one word. PseudoSkull (talk) 22:24, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
- There is a prima facie case that if like is a preposition, so is just like. Normal parsing of uses of just like [x] would have just as an adverb modifying the prepositional phrase like [x]. That is, just like is not a grammatical constituent in any standard use AFAICT.
- I don't see why we should have an entry for just like. DCDuring (talk) 23:04, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, SOP, as the very definition proves: "exactly" = "just"; "in the same way as" = "like". Actually, there is a missing sense: "He walks just like a penguin" = "He walks in exactly the same way as a penguin", yet "He looks just like his father" = "He looks exactly the same as his father". If retained this sense should presumably be added, but I don't see why the entry should exist at all. Mihia (talk) 19:29, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
- Delete. --Barytonesis (talk) 12:35, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
- Delete - it is just a common collocation, not a meaning unit-Sonofcawdrey (talk) 04:23, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
Deleted. bd2412 T 03:32, 4 December 2017 (UTC)