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it's no use

it's no use phrase: used to indicate that the specified action cannot succeed or offers no advantage if successful.

Phrase

it's no use

  1. (colloquial, usually) Used to indicate that the specified action cannot succeed or offers no advantage if successful
    • It's no use trying to push the car out of the ditch; the axle is broken.
    • It's no use to ask him; he doesn't really know.

Words formed from it's no use

  • it's no use crying over spilt milk

Questions about it's no use

What does it's no use mean?
It's no use means used to indicate that the specified action cannot succeed or offers no advantage if successful.
What part of speech is it's no use?
It's no use is a phrase.

Words near it's no use in the dictionary

  1. it's going
  2. it's Greek to me
  3. it's grim up north
  4. it's lonely at the top
  5. it's never too late to mend
  6. it's no use
  7. it's none of your business
  8. it's not a bug, it's a feature
  9. it's not even funny
  10. it's not every day
  11. it's not funny

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