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.

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But in the House, some GOP members were more pessimistic about wanting anything to do with ACA subsidies. Victoria Knight, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024 Phoenix is the fourth stop on the tour, which promises not only holiday favorites but a handful of hits that don't have anything to do with Christmas. Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2024 None of this, of course, had anything to do with what Prince was doing as a basketball player—but that was just part of the story, and what was happening on the court was that Prince was in pain. Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024 Archie Manning has denied having anything to do with Eli’s threat to sit out the season if the Chargers drafted him, but the Sanders’ father-son dynamic could have an impact on this draft. Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for anything to do with 

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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 7 Jan. 2025.

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