HAVE / PLAY / TAKE / WANT NO PART IN / OF STH

Meaning of HAVE / PLAY / TAKE / WANT NO PART IN / OF STH in English

to not be involved or refuse to be involved in sth, especially because you disapprove of it :

I want no part of this sordid business.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

TAKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NO
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HAVE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PLAY — I In zoology, actions that have all the elements of purposeful behaviour but are performed for no apparent reason. Play …
Английский словарь Британика
WANT — I. ˈwänt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English wont, wonte, from Old English wand, wond; probably akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLAY
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PART — I. ˈpär]t, ˈpȧ], usu ]d.+V\ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French & Old English, both from …
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NO
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IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAVE — I. (|)hav, (|)hev; as an auxiliary “ or _(h)əv or after a vowel v; before “to” usually |haf or |hef …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WANT — (v. t.) To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want …
Английский словарь Webster
WANT — ( v. t. ) To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WANT — — wanter , n. — wantless , adj. — wantlessness , n. /wont, wawnt/ , v.t. 1. to feel a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
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PLAY
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PART — /pahrt/ , n. 1. a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or …
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NO — no 1 /noh/ , adv., adj., n., pl. noes, nos , v. adv. 1. (a negative used to express dissent, …
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HAVE — /hav/ ; unstressed /heuhv, euhv/ ; for 26 usually /haf/ , v. and auxiliary v., pres. sing. 1st pers. have …
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WANT — I. ˈwȯnt also ˈwänt & ˈwənt verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse vanta; akin to Old English wan deficient …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLAY — I. ˈplā noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English plega; akin to Old English plegan to play, Middle Dutch pleyen …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PART — I. ˈpärt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Old English, both from Latin part-, pars; perhaps akin to Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NO — I. ˈnō adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nā, from ne not + ā always; akin to Old Norse …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WANT — vi to be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack. 2. want ·vi a depression in coal …
Webster English vocab
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
PLAY — noun amusement; sport; frolic; gambols. 2. play ·noun performance on an instrument of music. 3. play ·noun to act on …
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PART — adv partly; in a measure. 2. part ·noun quarter; region; district; usually in the plural. 3. part ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PLAY
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WANT — / wɒnt; NAmE wɑːnt; wɔːnt/ verb , noun ■ verb (not usually used in the progressive tenses) WISH 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
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PLAY — / pleɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb OF CHILDREN 1. play (with sb/sth) to do things for pleasure, …
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PART — / pɑːt; NAmE pɑːrt/ noun , verb , adverb ■ noun SOME 1. [ U ] part of sth some …
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NO — / nəʊ; NAmE noʊ/ exclamation , determiner , adverb , noun ■ exclamation 1. used to give a negative reply …
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HAVE
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WANT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAKE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PLAY
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PART — I. part 1 S1 W1 /pɑːt $ pɑːrt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ part , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NO — I. no 1 S1 W1 /nəʊ $ noʊ/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: na , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HAVE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WANT — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. a (often foll. by to + infin.) desire; wish for possession of; need (wants …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PLAY
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PART — n., v., & adv. --n. 1 some but not all of a thing or number of things. 2 an essential …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adv. & n. --adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WANT — v. & n. v. 1 tr. a (often foll. by to + infin.) desire; wish for possession of; need (wants …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PLAY
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PART — n., v., & adv. n. 1 some but not all of a thing or number of things. 2 an essential …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adv. & n. adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WANT — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. a (often foll. by to + infin.) desire; wish for possession of; need (wants …
Oxford English vocab
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
PLAY
Oxford English vocab
PART — n., v., & adv. --n. 1. some but not all of a thing or number of things. 2 an essential …
Oxford English vocab
NO — 1. adj.1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
TAKE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PART — I. NOUN USES, QUANTIFIER USES, AND PHRASES /pɑ:(r)t/ ( parts) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
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