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not much of anything

idiom
Meaning

Very little; not a lot.


Examples
SIMPLE

There is not much of anything in the fridge for dinner.

CONTEXTUAL

After searching through the old storage boxes, I found not much of anything worth keeping.

COMPLEX

Despite the long hours spent investigating the abandoned house, the detectives discovered not much of anything that could serve as useful evidence.

Anchors to
Related idioms6entries
  1. 01

    anything goes

    There are no rules or restrictions.

  2. 02

    if anything

    Used to suggest or state tentatively that something may be the case (often the opposite of something previously implied).

  3. 03

    much ado about nothing

    A lot of fuss or bother about something trivial.

  4. 04

    much of a muchness

    Of two or more things, having little difference of any significance between them.

  5. 05

    protest too much

    To insist so passionately about something that people suspect the opposite of what one is saying.

  6. 06

    so much for

    An expression of dismissiveness, disappointment, disregard, or resignation; something said upon rejecting, giving up on, quitting, or disposing of something.

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