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like anything

Idioms  
  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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But it wasn’t like anything Hugging Face had seen before.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Because she "never feels like anything is too far away", it encourages her to post on TikTok more often - another reason she thinks her online audience has grown since moving to Manchester from London.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

“You shop for this just like anything else,” said Chatzky.

From MarketWatch Jun. 17, 2026

The bot and the baby know nothing of the world it describes, besides a handful of overused jargon that, like anything, loses its meaning if repeated enough times.

From Slate Mar. 20, 2026

Doesn't look like anything got too baked by the sunlight.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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