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nothing else for it

nothing else for it is the alternative form of nothing for it.

Meaning of nothing for it

Noun

nothing for it (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic, often preceded by there + be and followed by but) No alternative; nothing else to be done or to have recourse to.
    • "You will allow there was nothing for it after this but paying honest Joe Hodges's bill and departing."1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], chapter 21, in Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees...

Questions about nothing else for it

What is nothing else for it the alternative form of?
Nothing else for it is the alternative form of nothing for it.

Words near nothing else for it in the dictionary

  1. nothing but
  2. nothing but net
  3. nothing could be farther from the truth
  4. nothing could be further from the truth
  5. nothing doing
  6. nothing else for it
  7. nothing for it
  8. nothing gold can stay
  9. nothing if not
  10. nothing is certain but death and taxes
  11. nothing is said that has not been said before

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nothing else for it (page history and authors); nothing for it (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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