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do likewise

VERB

imitate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

act like ape assume duplicate echo emulate impersonate mimic mirror mock pretend replicate reproduce resemble simulate

STRONG

Xerox affect borrow burlesque caricature clone copy counterfeit ditto falsify feign follow forge match mime parallel parody personate reduplicate reflect repeat sham spoof travesty

WEAK

be like carbon do like follow in footsteps follow suit look like model after pattern after play a part put on send up take off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

differ tell the truth

STRONG

disregard

WEAK

be original clash oppose reverse

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And isn’t it a premise of the tax system that we each pay for services we don’t want or don’t need, because we expect others to do likewise?

From Slate • May 11, 2026

The writer Thomas Mann, “a conservative and a patriot,” chose exile, becoming a scathing critic of those who didn’t do likewise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

If you knowingly buy the wrong Zoom stock and convince others to do likewise, maybe you’re not exactly being funny, but on some level, you’re trying.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

After two years as “chief learning officer” at Goldman Sachs, where he observed the value of building an institutional culture, he led a process to do likewise at the Berkeley business school.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2024

I trust this farmer will do likewise when I ask if he’s seen Alice.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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