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chip off the old block

1. a child who resembles a parent in behavior, looks, or abilities

1. I never realized how much Danny looks like his father. He’s a real chip off the old block.

2. The young man likes to do the same things his father does. He’s a chip off the old block.

3. Now that Ralph has grown up, he and his father are as different as night and day. But when Ralph was younger, he was a chip off the old block.

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