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11needs must (when the Devil drives) — needs ˈmust (when the Devil drives) idiom (saying) in certain situations it is necessary for you to do sth that you do not like or enjoy Main entry: ↑needsidiom …
12must — [n] necessity, essential charge, commitment, committal, condition, devoir, duty, fundamental, imperative, necessary, need, obligation, ought, precondition, prerequisite, requirement, requisite, right, sine qua non; concepts 646,709 must [v] ought …
13needs, hierarchy of — The central concept in Abraham Maslow s theory of self actualization . He proposed that human desires are innately given and exist in an ascending hierarchy. Basic physiological needs food, sleep, protection from extreme hazards of the… …
14must — 1. v. & n. v.aux. (3rd sing. present must; past had to or in indirect speech must) (foll. by infin., or absol.) 1 a be obliged to (you must go to school; must we leave now?; said he must go; I must away). Usage: The negative (i.e. lack of… …
15must — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. ought, should, had better, have [got] to, need, needs must, have no choice [but to]; be required, obliged, bound, compelled, doomed, destined, etc. See necessity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. requirement,… …
16needs — /nidz/ (say needz) phrase 1. needs must, (an expression indicating necessity): *bards, like birds, tho scant of words, needs must sing as nature taught em. –c.j. dennis, 1938. 2. needs must (when the Devil drives), Colloquial (an exclamation… …
17needs — /needz/, adv. of necessity; necessarily (usually prec. or fol. by must): It must needs be so. It needs must be. [bef. 1000; ME nedis, OE nedes, orig. gen. of ned NEED; see S1] * * * …
18must needs — adverb Hyperbolic extension to needs, meaning must necessarily One must needs run when the devil drives …
19needs must (when the devil drives) — The expression needs must (when the devil drives) means that you are sometimes forced by circumstances to do something that you do not want to do. I d rather stay with you than attend the conference, but needs must ...! …
20needs — [[t]nidz[/t]] adv. of necessity; necessarily (usu. prec. or fol. by must): It must needs be so. It needs must be[/ex] • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME nedis, OE nēdes, orig. gen. of nēd need; see s I …
