(informal) Used to indicate that something is the case and cannot be altered even if the listener does not want it to be the case.

A surname. / A census-designated place in Modoc County, California, United States.

As is most likely; probably.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of be like

first-person singular simple past indicative / third-person singular simple past indicative.

A son will have traits similar to his father upon reaching adulthood.

(idiomatic) A daughter will have traits similar to her mother upon reaching adulthood.

Alternative form of like father, like son

(informal) Better, more desirable.

(simile, UK) With unstoppable momentum.