have nothing to do with

have nothing to do with idiom
    Also, not have anything to do with.
  1. Be irrelevant, be unrelated, as in Their visit has nothing to do with the holiday. [Early 1600s]
  2. Avoid, as in Dad insisted that we have nothing to do with the neighbors, or I won't have anything to do with people who act like that. [Early 1600s] Also see have to do with.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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