anything but
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By no means, not at all, as in He is anything but ambitious for a promotion. William Wordsworth in his long poem, The Prelude (1805–1806), wrote: “Grief call it not, 'twas anything but that.”
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Which of the following nouns has an irregular plural form?
Words nearby anything but
anyone's guess, anyplace, Any port in a storm, anyroad, anything, anything but, anything goes, anything like, anytime, anyway, anyways
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