any old

idiom

variants or less commonly any ol' or any ole

informal

—used to describe someone or something that is not special or specific

I don't care where I sleep. Any old couch will do.

She won't drink just any old tea; it has to be a certain kind.

Give me beer over champagne any old day (of the week).

Examples of any old in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But that doesn’t mean those workers are willing to jump ship for just any old job. —

Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024 But this isn’t any old revival with a few tweaks and minor revisions. —

Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024 What’s so special about a Z-grill To the untrained eye, the blue one-cent Z-grill, which depicts the nation’s first postmaster general Benjamin Franklin, looks like any old stamp. —

Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024 And Sunday’s Super Bowl may elevate Kelce beyond any old Gronk and project him permanently into our living room. —

Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024 To successfully transplant, remove the plant from the current container loosening roots and leaving any old soil behind. —

Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024 There are times when simply grabbing any old drink with friends will do. —

Alicia Valenski, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2024 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned the public against scanning any old QR code in a consumer alerts blog last week. —

Wes Davis, The Verge, 10 Dec. 2023 Could be any old grain, including malted barley, though the usual culprits are corn, rye, and unmalted barley. —

Tony Sachs, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023

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