anything to do with

idiom

: 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.

: 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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The giallo influence is felt most profoundly in an odd subplot that runs along a parallel track to the business intrigue, in which mysterious figures are making snuff films that might or might not have anything to do with Hepburn’s professional struggles. —

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Kevin Acee, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024 Newport questioned Bateman on why Osmond anyways and if his last name had anything to do with the appeal. —

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