[en-ee-thing] 
| 1. | any thing whatever; something, no matter what: Do you have anything for a toothache? |
| 2. | a thing of any kind. |
| 3. | in any degree; to any extent; in any way; at all: Does it taste anything like chocolate? |
| 4. | anything but, in no degree or respect; not in the least: The plans were anything but definite. |
| 5. | anything goes, any type of conduct, dress, speech, etc., is considered acceptable or valid or is likely to be encountered and tolerated: That resort is a place where anything goes! |
| an·y·thing (ěn'ē-thĭng') pron. Any object, occurrence, or matter whatever. adv. To any degree or extent; at all: They aren't anything like last year's team. n. Something or someone of importance: "You had to be something to start with, and Jeremy never was anything" (Anne Tyler). |
anything goes
Everything is permitted, as in You're wearing sneakers to the office?
Why not? Anything goes these days. This idiom began life as , which appeared in George Meredith's novel The Egoist (1879). In America anything was the preferred word, which gained further currency with Cole Porter's use of the term as the title of his 1934 song and musical comedy, Anything Goes!
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