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pertain to

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pertain to someone or something
to relate to someone or something; to have something to do with someone or something. I don't think that anything discussed in this meeting pertained to me. It really doesn't pertain to the matter at hand.

pertain to something (slightly formal)
to have a connection with something His organization wants to provide input to the county on issues pertaining to wildlife.


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True, I am not a swashbuckler; but perhaps there may also abide in me the spirit which should pertain to every man who is at once resigned and sure of himself.
His pallor was so peculiar, that it seemed to pertain to one who had been long entombed, and who was incapable of resuming the healthy glow and hue of life.
 
 
 
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