just like that

Meaning

1. Oxford75% of films

   suddenly, without warning or explanation

   - And he just stopped? - Just like that.

2. Editorial20% of films

   in exactly that way, position, or condition, often to confirm a demonstration or say that is simply how someone or something is

In the movies · 47

• Thirty minutes, I'm asleep. Poof, just like that.Requiem for a Dream2000
• And just like that, she was gone, out of my life again.Forrest Gump1994
• - And he just stopped? - Just like that.Mary Reilly1996
• Just like that.The Town2010
• Just like that.Dave Chappelle: The Closer2021
• Just like that.Changeling2008
• Just like that.The Beekeeper2024
• Just like that.Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase2001

Learn it in full scenes

• The Town2010
  • The Crew Learns the Hostage's Address
  • FBI Explains the Charlestown Trade
  • Krista Shows Up at the Bar

From the same entry

• could just as well
• it is just as well
• just about
• just a minute
• just now
• just so
• just then
• not just yet
• I, would just as soon do
• in case
• just the ticket

More everyday phrases

• to make a long story short
• time to go
• i didn't do it
• i wish i knew
• you have to trust me
• i hear you
• you're telling me
• see you there
• we should go
• see you around
• go to your room
• you owe me