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  • 11have no use for — (someone/something) to have a very low opinion of someone or something. To my mother, my friends were simply a bunch of bums, and she had no use for them. He has no use for gossip, which he thinks is a waste of time. Etymology: based on the… …

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  • 12keep a thing seven years and you’ll always find a use for it — 1623 W. PAINTER Palace of Pleasure C5 Things of small value the old proverb say, Wise men seuen yeares will carefully vp lay. 1663 T. KILLIGREW Parson’s Wedding in Comedies & Tragedies (1664) 100 According to the Proverb; Keep a thing seven years …

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  • 13have no use for — idi a) to have no need for b) to feel intolerant of or indifferent to: to have no use for one s employees[/ex] c) to have a strong distaste for; dislike intensely: to have no use for cheating[/ex] …

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  • 14have no use for — 1) used for saying that you do not want or need someone or something because they could never be helpful to you Take the books. I have no use for them now. 2) informal to dislike someone or something I have no use for a liar …

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  • 15Incognito (No Use for a Name album) — Infobox Album | Name = Incognito Type = Album Artist = No Use for a Name Released = October 23, 1990 Recorded = Genre = Punk rock Length = 33:47 Label = New Red Archives Producer = Brett Gurewitz Reviews = Last album = This album = Incognito… …

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  • 16have no use for — ► have no use for informal dislike or be impatient with. Main Entry: ↑use …

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  • 17No Use for a Name — Nassie, Sly und Riddle (v.l.n.r., 2007) …

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  • 18have no use for — index decry, disdain, disfavor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 19use — n 1 Use, service, advantage, profit, account, avail can all mean a useful or valuable end, result, or purpose. Use stresses either employment for some purpose or end of practical value {turn every scrap of material to use} or the practical value… …

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  • 20Use — Use, n. [OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus, to use. See {Use}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one s service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment;… …

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