Collocations for "anything"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "anything" in context.
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anything
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.pron
- anything [else, new, better, worse]
- anything else [but, apart from]
- do you [need, want] anything else?
- have anything to [add, say, do, see, help]
- can't do anything to help
- is there anything to [add]?
- (don't have) anything for [you, a headache]
- [who could, couldn't] ask for anything more
- you don't know anything about [me]
- (know) anything about [me, the issue, her family]
- anything from the [list, options, fridge, shelves]
- [grab, take, choose] anything from the [fridge]
- anything you [like, want]
- anything but [that, this]
- he'll do anything but [that]
- is anything but [kind, handsome, talented, intelligent]
- it's anything but!
- not to [brag, complain] or anything, but
- doesn't [taste, look, feel] anything like
- (isn't) anything like [chocolate, me, that, love]
- if you're anything like [me, the majority of]
- not anything like as [easy, simple, tough, hard]
'anything' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Halloween
- TV
- about
- accuse
- adhere
- afterwards
- amount
- anger
- apart
- apparently
- applicable
- aside
- ask
- barely
- barren
- basically
- behold
- besides
- bet
- bother
- cafeteria
- call
- chance
- clutter
- concentrate
- confess
- contingency
- curious
- dare
- desire
- dessert
- dig
- easily
- else
- ever
- exhilarating
- faith
- fancy
- fearless
- fizzy
- fog
- fridge
- frustrating
- game
- get
- give
- guilty
- gullible
- hardly
- heap