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like anything

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  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

The Real Madrid midfielder continues to deliver moments which make it seem like anything is possible for the Three Lions.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

“A house is to be lived in. I never like anything to be too precious,” he said.

From MarketWatch Apr. 27, 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

It hurt like anything, but I held on.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

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