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like anything

  1. Extremely, vigorously, as in She cried like anything when the dog died. This idiom probably substitutes anything for a swear word. [Colloquial; late 1600s]



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Comedic timing is a skill just like anything else.

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There is definitely a change, but not like anything that doesn’t feel kind and manageable.

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“Listen, I did my spell there and it was time to move on, like anything else,†Arena said.

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With all that — plus the City of Angels settings of comedies “Nobody Wants This†and “Shrinking†— how does “Abbott Elementary†feel like anything but a blast of fresh air, even if they do put on a school play in the season finale?

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While “Warfare†certainly doesn’t make combat look like anything more than gruesome violence, its last few minutes undercut the anti-war messaging and Garland and Mendoza’s apolitical stance.

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