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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That Borges had nothing to do with the case didn’t stop him from becoming involved. Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025 Yet in the five years since that investigation, Trudeau and his government have done nothing to stop any of these scams, and the cost has been measured in many lives. Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025 Jemele Hill and Antonio Brown had a verbal scuffle online after the athlete dragged her name into a lawsuit that had nothing to do with her. Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 7 Jan. 2025 This meant that the pygmy marmosets would have nothing to eat. Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for nothing to 

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“Nothing to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nothing%20to. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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