English > have to do with: 1 sense > verb 1, stative| Meaning | Be relevant to. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on |
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| Narrower | apply, hold, go for | Be pertinent or relevant or applicable |
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| focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center | Center upon |
| involve, affect, regard | Connect closely and often incriminatingly |
| matter to, interest | Be of importance or consequence |
| Similar to | allude, touch, advert | make a more or less disguised reference to |
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| Spanish | atañer, concernir, incumbir, palpar, referirse, referir, relatar, respectar, tocar, tratarse |
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| Catalan | concernir, incumbir, palpar, pertocar, referir-se, referir, relatar, tocar, tractar-se |
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