look alike

look alike

1. noun A person or thing that looks very similar to another person or thing. When used as a noun, the term is often hyphenated or spelled as one word. After the product proved immensely popular, a number of cheap lookalikes started popping up all over the place. The TV show had to bring on a look-alike after one of the stars passed away in the middle of filming the third season.
2. verb To look very similar to another person or thing. To be honest, a lot of the small towns in this part of the country look alike. I was so tired and stressed during the exam that all the answers started looking alike. The old bigot said that all people of that ethnicity look alike to him.
See also: alike, look
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

look alike

to appear similar. All these cars look alike these days. The twins look alike and not many people can tell them apart.
See also: alike, look
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
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After several minutes she said, "I don't have any such listing, but I can give you the Gay and Lesbian Chorus." Frustrated but amused, I pondered why she would think someone seeking a national rights organization for help about gay parenting would be just as pleased to have the number of a chorus--it seemed a peculiar twist on the "all you queer folk look alike" mentality.
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It happened to me once in a Nairobi club, but while the guy I was supposed to resemble is a friend, neither of us thinks we look alike.