Ape
Ape verb - To use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior.
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Synonyms for Ape
Be like
Ape and be like are semantically related in pretend to be topic. Sometimes you can use "Ape" instead a verb phrase "Be like".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- It retorts by saying that saying its just a machine would be like saying Jacq's just an ape.
Source: Son of an Ape -
Pity the poor guy who accidentally called Uma a stupid cow (which would be like calling a human girl a "big ape").
Source: Petting Zoo People -
Some have theorized that this is deliberate, and not just for those skipping to the plant chapter: if the Tanker is presented as what a good sequel would be like, then the Plant starts off as what a bad sequel would look like, one trying to ape the success of the original.
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