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HAVE TO DO WITH
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
My remark pertained to your earlier comments
Synonyms:
bear on; come to; concern; have to do with; pertain; refer; relate; touch; touch on
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Verb group:
advert; allude; touch (make a more or less disguised reference to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "have to do with"):
center; center on; concentrate on; focus on; revolve about; revolve around (center upon)
apply; go for; hold (be pertinent or relevant or applicable)
affect; involve; regard (connect closely and often incriminatingly)
interest; matter to (be of importance or consequence)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something