like the ladies

like the ladies
   to be a philanderer
   Not merely the opposite of being a misogynist:
    Getty liked the ladies, and if he had not known much success with them it was not for want of trying. (Whicker, 1982)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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