# have none of something

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/have-none-of-something
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To be completely unwilling to accept or support something.

## Examples

- My cat will have none of that expensive food.
- I tried to explain why I was late, but my boss would have none of my excuses.
- Despite the lawyer's passionate appeal for leniency, the judge would have none of it and delivered the maximum sentence.

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