have nothing to do with
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Also, not have anything to do with.
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Be irrelevant, be unrelated, as in Their visit has nothing to do with the holiday . [Early 1600s]
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Avoid, as in Dad insisted that we have nothing to do with the neighbors, or I won't have anything to do with people who act like that . [Early 1600s] Also see have to do with .
Example Sentences
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Have nothing to do with this; it is my affair, mine only.
From Juana by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
Have nothing to do with them till he does order them, but reserve another five per cent. for them.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
The flowers that bloom in the spring, Tra la, Have nothing to do with the case.
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
"Have nothing to do with her," cried William.
From The Missing Link by Dyson, Edward
Have nothing to do with her," said he—"a bad one, if ever there was one on this earth.
From Mr. Hogarth's Will by Spence, Catherine Helen
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