nothing to

idiom

1
: no truth to (something)
There's nothing to the story/claim.
2
: of no interest, value, or importance to (someone)
Money is nothing to them.
He's nothing to me now.

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The bus taught me that there is nothing to be afraid of. — Empress Rasheem, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2025 According to City Manager Scott Peterson, the reasoning behind CoreCivic’s abrupt about-face on the application has nothing to do with a change in the company’s vision for entering into a contract with ICE to house hundreds of rounded up immigrants. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025 Attorneys for the Greenpeace entities had said there was no evidence to the claims, that Greenpeace employees had little or no involvement in the protests and that the organizations had nothing to do with Energy Transfer’s delays in construction or refinancing. — Jack Dura, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025 According to the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the equinox has nothing to do with getting an egg to stand on its own. — Amanda Cappelli, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nothing to

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