anybody
any person.
a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
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Idioms about anybody
anybody's guess, a matter of conjecture: It's anybody's guess why she quit.
Origin of anybody
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Words that may be confused with anybody
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How to use anybody in a sentence
Also, use hand sanitizer before you knock on doors and ring bells to protect anybody who may come after you.
Five ways to help democracy even if you can’t vote | Sandra Gutierrez G. | October 21, 2020 | Popular-ScienceI don’t know anybody who really believes in dirty air or dirty water.
His ability to play one through five, guard anybody on the floor, take the challenge, not only guard on the perimeter, and continue to protect the paint.
Anthony Davis Was Key For The Lakers’ Title Run. He’s Also The Key To Their Future. | James L. Jackson | October 14, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightHe’s decided to stifle his beliefs so as not to make waves with anybody in the condominium, he said, adjusting his mask to better cover his mouth and nose.
Why earnings season could be the next big lift for stocks | Bernhard Warner | October 12, 2020 | FortuneBear in mind that you can share these links as many times and with as many people as you want, but the link is public and anybody who has it can access your playlist.
The best way to share playlists on every major platform | David Nield | October 8, 2020 | Popular-Science
I remember all our music appeared on Spotify overnight, without anybody asking us.
As anybody who has seen his now famous rant on Parks and Recreation knows, Patton Oswalt can get a little obsessed.
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire | William O’Connor | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST“Any time you put a foreign substance into anybody you have the potential for an adverse event,” Geisbert reminds.
“He has one of the most unabashedly pro-life records as anybody in the field,” said Mackowiak.
How A Jeb Bush Candidacy Would Hurt Chris Christie And Shake Up The 2016 GOP Field | David Freedlander | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI harbor a rock ‘n’ roll fantasy, just like anybody, and I welcomed the challenge.
Michael C. Hall on Going Drag for ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ and Exorcising ‘Dexter’ | Marlow Stern | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe would never forget it; but realizing its gravity, she decided thereupon never to tell it—the dream—to anybody.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxMr. Crow was rocking back and forth on his perch, for a joke—on anybody except himself—always delighted him.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyIt's quite true the land can't run away, but there are always rows and revolutions and smashes going on; you can't trust anybody.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsWhy, 'pon my word, I'm bound to say that I'm just as much in the dark as anybody else, if it comes to that!
Never did I feel leaving anybody or any place so much, and Berlin seems to me like a great roaring wilderness.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy Fay
British Dictionary definitions for anybody
/ (ˈɛnɪˌbɒdɪ, -bədɪ) /
any person; anyone
(usually used with a negative or a question) a person of any importance: he isn't anybody in this town
(often preceded by just) any person at random; no matter who
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