do something, nothing, etc. for/to sb
informalDefinition
› to have a strong and positive effect on someone, or to be something or someone that they like or enjoy: Watching that film really did something to me. Chopin has never really done it/anything for me.Affecting and influencing
(Definition of do something, nothing, etc. for/to sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- affect verb (INFLUENCE)
- be/fall under sb's influence/spell idiom
- bear on sth phrasal verb
- bearing noun (INFLUENCE)
- carry (sth) over phrasal verb
- colour verb (INFLUENCE)
- come over sb phrasal verb
- influence verb
- influential adjective
- inroads noun
- inspiration noun
- instrumental adjective (INFLUENCE)
- prompt verb (CAUSE)
- shape verb (CHARACTER)
- start sb off phrasal verb
- tell against sb/sth phrasal verb
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- tilt the balance/scales idiom
- turn sb's head idiom
- weigh verb (INFLUENCE)
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