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want for nothing

idiom
Meaning

To have everything one needs.


Examples
SIMPLE

The children want for nothing in their new home.

CONTEXTUAL

She worked hard for years to ensure that her family would want for nothing.

COMPLEX

Living in the quiet luxury of the estate, the heirs seemed to want for nothing, yet they remained strangely dissatisfied with their lives.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    come to nothing

    To fail completely; to have no result.

  2. 02

    dance on nothing

    To be hanged.

  3. 03

    here goes nothing

    Indicates a lack of confidence or certainty about the activity about to be tried.

  4. 04

    hiding to nothing

    A situation in which victory has little or no value, but defeat has a huge cost.

  5. 05

    if nothing else

    At the very least; as a minimum.

  6. 06

    much ado about nothing

    A lot of fuss or bother about something trivial.

  7. 07

    not want to do that

    To be in a state of doing or being about to do something that one is likely to regret; usually unknowingly or forgetfully.

  8. 08

    nothing doing

    Absolutely not; definitely no.

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