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

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

The actress concluded that "what's weird" about society right now is that "if you have enough money you can make yourself look pretty much like anything you want".

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026

Well, babies don’t look much like anything but babies but I’m telling you, you look like him.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness