a thing
 a thing
  : anything
   — used in negative statements
   I can't see a thing [=I can see nothing] without my glasses on.
   The guests will be here soon, and I don't have a thing (that is appropriate) to wear.
   Don't worry about a thing. I'll take care of everything.
   I can't do a thing to stop them!
   I got there early so I wouldn't miss a thing.
   The police couldn't get a thing out of him.
   She refused to tell me a thing about it.
   I haven't heard a thing from him since graduation.
   We haven't had a thing to eat all day.
   Forget what he said–it doesn't mean a thing. [=it has no meaning or importance; it's not true]
   None of this will mean a thing if we lose.
   She doesn't look a thing like [=anything like] her older sister.
   His new album doesn't sound a thing like his last one. [=his new album sounds nothing like his old one]
  
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