a lot to do with
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3.4
- idiom
:
tener mucho que ver con
- Your success in this industry has a lot to do with your networking skills.
And then I thought proteins have a lot to do with viruses.
- And then I thought proteins have a lot to do with viruses.
- Collapse has a lot to do with a lack of consciousness, right?
- No, I think that revelation has a lot to do with Peter, his wife.
- A lot of times it has a lot to do with mindset.
- So it's a lot to do with Austrian politics, Austrian economy.
- And, and I think that is partly due, well, actually a lot to do with social media.
- But that being said, my successes were a lot to do with luck.
- People say, oh, don't gossip, you know, but right, speech has a lot to do with how we talk to ourselves.
- I think Europe's growing irrelevance has a lot to do with the defense they have around all this stuff.
Examples
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I believed this situation had a lot to do with the lack of respect for the subject matter.
Academic text (1998) -
The combination of their own direction and drive has a lot to do with it.
Academic text (2002) -
So that has a lot to do with where I find myself.
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And it's a lot to do with not having death in my life.
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Yes, I think it has a lot to do with social media and stuff too.
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It's got a lot to do with our parents.
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I believe this had a lot to do with how we view children.
Academic text (1999) -
A lot of times it has a lot to do with mindset.
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I mean, you're right, it has a lot to do with the way you grow up.
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Because I do think the desire to censor has a lot to do with fear.
Synonyms
∞
3.0
Be connected with a crime or something that causes serious trouble
709
2.7
To be about something or connected to it
512
2.1
To be about someone or something
317
2.2
To be connected or important to something
73
5.8
To show that two things change together
Antonyms
How Connected
- Specialized
1
4.5
53
3.4
∞
2.3
1
7.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'a lot' (a large amount) with the relational pattern 'to do with' (to be about/connected to), so the overall sense 'having a significant connection or influence' can be directly inferred from the parts. This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically (e.g. Spanish 'tener mucho que ver con'), making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
A lot to do with paints a simple picture: imagine many hands working on the same task—there is a lot to do with it. So when we say something has a lot to do with something else, we mean it is strongly 'connected' to it or is a main 'reason'.