give anything like an adequate image of the phonetic facts — R.M.S.Heffner
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anything like phrase
similar to someone or something else in some way
Is Tom anything like his brother?
Thesaurus: similar and similarlysynonym
Main entry: anything
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anything like
1 : at all like
— used in negative statements
He doesn't look anything like his brother.
2 or anything near : in any way : at all
— used in negative statements
He doesn't look anything like his brother.
The movie wasn't anything like/near what I expected it to be. [=the movie was completely different from what I expected it to be]
We don't have anything like/near enough time. [=we don't have nearly enough time]
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Main Entry: ↑anything
Useful english dictionary. 2012.