have to do with

Verb

Meaning

be relevant to

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

deal refer concern touch relate pertain appertain come to bear on touch on bear upon

Hyponyms

center interest hold apply affect regard

Examples

There's a very basic human, non-verbal aspect to our need to make music and use it as part of our human expression. It doesn't have to do with body movements, it doesn't have to do with articulation of a language, but with something spiritual. John Williams

They treat me like a fox, a cunning fellow (Schlaukopf) of the first rank. But the truth is that with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half. Otto von Bismarck

I write all my own songs and they are just simple melodies with a lot of lyrics. They usually have to do with current events and what is going on in the news. You can call them topical songs, songs about the news, and then developing into more philosophical songs later. Phil Ochs

I know that some endeavor to throw the mantle of romance over the subject and treat woman like some ideal existence, not liable to the ills of life. Let those deal in fancy who have nothing better to deal in; we have to do with sober, sad realities, with stubborn facts. Ernestine Rose

We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future. Frederick Douglass

It is better to have to do with God than with his saints. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

have title have to have to do have to excess have to go have to play catch up