Not lack any necessities or comforts, as in He saw to it that his mother wanted for nothing. This term uses want in the sense of [lack.] "Mid-1600s"
want for nothing
| Idioms: want for nothing |
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 | want (Idiom) |
| disconnection |
| Waste not, want not |
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 | If i wanted to have nothing to do with my child what can i do? |
| Nothing for nothing? |
| Abreviation for Nothing in nothing out? |
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