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anything
[en-ee-thing]
pronoun
any thing whatever; something, no matter what.
Do you have anything for a toothache?
noun
a thing of any kind.
adverb
in any degree; to any extent; in any way; at all.
Does it taste anything like chocolate?
anything
/ ˈɛɪˌθɪŋ /
pronoun
any object, event, action, etc, whatever
anything might happen
noun
a thing of any kind
have you anything to declare?
adverb
in any way
he wasn't anything like his father
by no means; not in the least
she was anything but happy
(intensifier; usually euphemistic)
he ran like anything
51Թ History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
anything goes, any type of conduct, dress, speech, etc., is considered acceptable or valid or is likely to be encountered and tolerated.
That resort is a place where anything goes!
anything but, in no degree or respect; not in the least.
The plans were anything but definite.
Example Sentences
And I would say anything she did sounded good to me.
Before Kim came to power, and even in the early years of his rule, the regime would hide anything negative as a way to control the narrative.
“It just feels like we’re slowly inching closer and closer to … anything people in power want to happen can happen.”
“I started experiencing some weakness in my right hand and I didn’t really think anything of it at that time,” Dane told Diane Sawyer, his voice perhaps sounding a bit slower and thicker than usual.
He loves to latch on to anything short, striking at 190 on the pull shot which has brought him 29 fours and three sixes in Test cricket for the price of just one dismissal.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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