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after one's own soul en · ADP
Pronunciation
- /ˈæftɚ wʌnz oʊn ˈsoʊl/ (General-American)
- /ˈɑːf-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈæftə wʌnz əʊn ˈsəʊl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Meanings
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Synonym of after one's own heart.
"Give me a kiss, my dear boy," said Fagan, with tears in his eyes. "You're after my own soul. As long as Jack Fagan lives you shall never want a friend or a second."
1844 January–December, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “In which I Show Myself to be a Man of Spirit”, in “The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. [The Luck of Barry Lyndon.]”, in Miscellanies: Prose and Verse, volume III, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1856, →OCLC, page 37:
Synonyms
after one's own heart