like anything

idiom

informal
: very much : very forcefully
It was raining like anything.
She was hoping like anything that the weather would be good.

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However, just like anything in life, AI has two sides. Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025 Bryant didn’t like anything phony, anything contrived, anything that interfered with the serious business of winning a championship. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025 The Difference Between a Good Market and a Great Market Job markets, like anything else, are susceptible to variations and inconsistencies, frailties and foibles. Eli Amdur, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 Indeed, embarrassment — or rather, lack of embarrassment over things that might be seen as embarrassing — is practically the theme of the Globes, which still sells themselves as a party — though, like anything else that is supposed to be fun, that may be more in theory than practice. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for like anything

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“Like anything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like%20anything. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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