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Phrase(s): have (some) bearing on something
to have relevance to something. (Note the use of no and any in the negative.) • I know something that has some bearing on the issue you are discussing. • This has no bearing on anything that will happen today. • This doesn’t have any bearing on all that. • What bearing does John’s decision have on the situation?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs