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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like anything

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

“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

I look at the blue-and-gray sofa, the sun-faded curtain over the kitchen window, and the small bowl of potpourri that stopped smelling like anything three years ago.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi