like anything

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]

Example Sentences

Then on Friday, he added: "I think there is consensus on most of it, and some of the details, like anything else, will be worked out."

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“Probably just like anything else, there’s probably people that benefit more from it than others.”

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“I feel like anything work-wise, people have on their phones,” Niimura says.

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Schaal: I like anything that’s emotional.

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Emily Brontë's story of turbulent and tragic romance, written in 1847, is "difficult, it's complicated, it's just not like anything else", she said.

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