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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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 Literature mug: $28 Book lovers like anything having to do with literature, like this literature mug from Uncommon Goods. Christopher Murray, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024 The contemporary world doesn’t like anything too solemn or earnest. Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024 And of course, like anything, the best things tend to sell out first. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 15 Nov. 2024 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 15 Jan. 2025.

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