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HAVE TO DO WITH

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be relevant to

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

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