anything to do with

phrase

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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An Indiana Fever public relations representative eventually interrupted, explained that neither Cunningham nor the organization had anything to do with the demonstration and said the team was focused on winning basketball games. Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026 To be clear, this doesn’t really have anything to do with mineral mining, as the microalgae in question are not a mineral-accumulating type. New Atlas, 27 July 2026 An up-and-comer from Evanston, IL who loves lacrosse, football, hanging with his best friends, and anything to do with art and history, Leber was most recently seen in a production of Leopoldstadt put on by Writers Theatre in Glencoe, Illinois. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 July 2026 Officials said the man was not cooperative and denied having anything to do with Sheets’ death. Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 9 July 2026 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 8 Aug. 2026.

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