Dic: more like, more like it

MORE LIKE:

• The builders say they'll be finished in three months, but I think it'll be more like six.
• Profits look more like 39 percent than the 61 percent reported for 1996.
• He believes the figure should be more like $10 million.

△more like: used when giving amount or number that you think is closer to being right than one that has been mentioned.

△more like: used for giving a number or amount that you think is more accurate than another one.

△more like: used to give a number or an amount that is more accurate than one previously mentioned.


MORE LIKE IT:

• That gives us a total of 52ㅡthat's more like it.
• She sat down by the pool and took a sip of her wine. 'This is more like it,' she said.
• 'Poor David,' she said. 'Poor Harriet, more like it!'
• That's more like it! You're really starting to improve.
• This is more like it! Real food—not that canned muck.
• Just talking? Arguing more like it.

△That's more like it (This is more like it): SPOKEN. used to say that something is better, more correct, or more enjoyable than something else.

△more like it: BrE SPOKEN. used when you want to change something that has been said, to make it more true.

△that's more like it: SPOKEN. used for saying that something is more satisfactory than before:

△more like (it): INFORMAL. (1) better; more acceptable. (2) used to give what you think is a better description of something

.... LDOCE, Macmillan, OALD