Variant of like to or would have liked to.

(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.

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

probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring / (as predicate, followed by to and infinitive) Reasonably to be expected; apparently destined, probable

The state or quality of being like or alike / Appearance or form; guise. / That which closely resembles; a portrait.

(archaic, transitive) To depict.