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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Example Sentences

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like anything

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

"I thought it would be fine as it didn't feel like anything more than a bang."

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 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

Then, after I had looked at the picture and recognized it, a shape flashed on the screen under it—a sort of half circle and two straight lines, not like anything I had seen before.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien