like anything
idiom
informal
: very much : very forcefully
It was raining like anything.
She was hoping like anything that the weather would be good.
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The New York Yankees are way overrated, the Boston Red Sox unproven while Toronto and Tampa Bay don’t seem like anything special.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
The paper gave him space to hone his style and themes, as well as time to find an audience eager for something that was not like anything else.
—Art Spiegelman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
For the uninitiated, Neo can also feel a little creepy, like anything else that seems partly human and partly not.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
There's always gonna be improvements, just like any business, just like anything.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
The paper gave him space to hone his style and themes, as well as time to find an audience eager for something that was not like anything else.
—Art Spiegelman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
For the uninitiated, Neo can also feel a little creepy, like anything else that seems partly human and partly not.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
There's always gonna be improvements, just like any business, just like anything.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Like anything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like%20anything. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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