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like anything

like anything prepositional phrase: with plenty of effort, speed, etc.

Prepositional phrase

  1. With plenty of effort, speed, etc.
    • I came here and worked like anything to be an example before them.1999, Julia G. Crane, Statia Silhouettes, page 57

Questions about like anything

What does like anything mean?
Like anything means with plenty of effort, speed, etc.
What part of speech is like anything?
Like anything is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like anything in the dictionary

  1. like a wet weekend
  2. like a whitehead
  3. like a wolf on the fold
  4. like all possessed
  5. like an explosion in a paint factory
  6. like anything
  7. like as
  8. like as and
  9. like as if
  10. like as two peas
  11. like atomic clockwork

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