as a child

idiom

: when one was a child
I went there once as a child.

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Lewis recalled, as a child, Volyanskaya coming up to her and her sister and gifting them a figure skating dress. Noelle Alviz-Gransee and, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2025 The rash of murders that spooked Neko as a child is one gothic detail of many. Emma Alpern, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025 Kennedy often notes he was vaccinated as a child and opted to vaccinate his own children decades ago. Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2025 Born Dorothy Sullivan in Denver, Collin was adopted as a child by her mother’s second husband and took on his surname of Collin. Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for as a child 

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“As a child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20a%20child. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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