"as anything" meaning in English

See as anything in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-as anything.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} as anything, {{en-PP}} as anything
  1. (simile) To a great degree or extent; very. Synonyms: as all hell, as hell
    Sense id: en-as_anything-en-prep_phrase-KmvT6osD Categories (other): English similes

Download JSON data for as anything meaning in English (1.2kB)

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