anything to do with
idiom
1
: involvement with (a person) in any way
—used in negative statements
She thinks he's a liar and she refuses to have anything to do with him.
After the way he's treated me, I want nothing (further) to do with him.
2
: involvement in (something) or responsibility in some way for (something)
—used in negative statements
He claims that he didn't have anything to do with the accident.
She claims that she had nothing to do with the robbery.
Examples of anything to do with in a Sentence
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High blood pressure and high cholesterol were also associated with major adverse heart and brain events in marijuana users, though the study could not establish whether marijuana use had anything to do with these risk factors.
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Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 18 Nov. 2023
Most catfish, no matter how angry, don’t want anything to do with you.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2023
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A Neuron’s Favorite Number
The ability to instantly judge the number of items in a set doesn’t have anything to do with counting.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023
Patel, in his testimony at Trump's 14th Amendment hearing in Denver, said on Wednesday that none of the delay in deploying the National Guard had anything to do with Trump.
—Isabella Murray, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2023
That doesn’t have anything to do with the actual art of filmmaking.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2023
Did that one-time plan have anything to do with the Balder the Brave statue appearing in this episode?
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2023
But virtually none of that has anything to do with Friday’s decision from US District Judge William Alsup to hit undo on what was initially a $32.5 million jury verdict win for Sonos.
—Chris Welch, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2023
But that stalled as stars simply slapped their name on a perfume bottle without having anything to do with the product.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
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Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 18 Nov. 2023
Most catfish, no matter how angry, don’t want anything to do with you.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2023
Share this article Newsletter Get Quanta Magazine delivered to your inbox
Introduction
A Neuron’s Favorite Number
The ability to instantly judge the number of items in a set doesn’t have anything to do with counting.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023
Patel, in his testimony at Trump's 14th Amendment hearing in Denver, said on Wednesday that none of the delay in deploying the National Guard had anything to do with Trump.
—Isabella Murray, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2023
That doesn’t have anything to do with the actual art of filmmaking.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2023
Did that one-time plan have anything to do with the Balder the Brave statue appearing in this episode?
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2023
But virtually none of that has anything to do with Friday’s decision from US District Judge William Alsup to hit undo on what was initially a $32.5 million jury verdict win for Sonos.
—Chris Welch, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2023
But that stalled as stars simply slapped their name on a perfume bottle without having anything to do with the product.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
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“Anything to do with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anything%20to%20do%20with. Accessed 5 Dec. 2023.
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