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  • make nothing of — 1. To regard as being of little importance 2. To have no hesitation or difficulty in (doing) 3. To be totally unable to understand • • • Main Entry: ↑make make nothing of see under ↑make1 • • • Main Entry: ↑not …   Useful english dictionary

  • make nothing of —    If you make nothing of something, you attach no importance to it.     I took him an hour to walk to the station but he made nothing of it …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • make nothing of — Synonyms and related words: be at sea, be lost, belittle, de emphasize, deprecate, depreciate, disparage, downplay, give up, make light of, make little of, minimize, misestimate, misprize, not understand, pass, play down, sell short, set at… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • To make nothing of — Nothing Noth ing, n. [From no, a. + thing.] 1. Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); opposed to {anything} and {something}. [1913 Webster] Yet had his aspect nothing of severe. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Nonexistence;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • make nothing for — Be of no value to, be of no use to, have no effect in aiding or supporting …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • Nothing (film) — Nothing Directed by Vincenzo Natali Produced by Steven Hoban Scr …   Wikipedia

  • Nothing — Noth ing, n. [From no, a. + thing.] 1. Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); opposed to {anything} and {something}. [1913 Webster] Yet had his aspect nothing of severe. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Nonexistence; nonentity;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Nothing but — Nothing Noth ing, n. [From no, a. + thing.] 1. Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); opposed to {anything} and {something}. [1913 Webster] Yet had his aspect nothing of severe. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Nonexistence;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Nothing Personal (album) — Nothing Personal Studio album by All Time Low Released July 7, 2009 …   Wikipedia

  • nothing — [nuth′iŋ] pron. [ME < OE na thing, nan thing] 1. a) no thing; not anything; naught b) no part, element, trace, etc. [nothing of kindness in him] 2. a) something of little or no value, seriousness, etc.; trifle …   English World dictionary

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