have to do with

Idioms  

1. Be concerned or associated with; deal with. For example, This book has to do with the divisions within the church. [1100s] For the antonym, see have nothing to do with.

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Example Sentences

The only clear morals of “Transcription” have to do with its insistence on mystery, and on art that teases the mind and refreshes the senses.

From The Wall Street Journal

“And what do the mushrooms and the Pinks and the Hesterfowl all have to do with each other?”

From Literature

“What does confidence have to do with it?”

From Literature

“What’s now being exposed is that the wheels had fallen off years before César Chávez died and for reasons that have to do with his megalomania, his bad decisions and the internal strife” inside union headquarters, said Matt Garcia, a professor of Latin American, Latino and Caribbean studies, history and social relations at Dartmouth.

From Los Angeles Times

And it doesn’t have to do with budget.

From Los Angeles Times

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