just like that

idiom

: very suddenly
The girl vanished just like that.
Just like that it started raining.

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“Just like that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just%20like%20that. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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