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want no part of

want no part of verb: to not want to be involved in.

Verb

want no part of (third-person singular simple present wants no part of, present participle wanting no part of, simple past and past participle wanted no part of)

  1. to not want to be involved in.
    • When I die I don't want no part of heaven / I would not do heaven's work well / I pray the devil comes and takes me / To stand in the fiery furnaces of hell1995, Bruce Springsteen, “Youngstown”, in The Ghost of Tom Joad

Forms of want no part of

third-person singular presentwants no part of
present participlewanting no part of
past participlewanted no part of
pastwanted no part of
alternative formwant no part in

Questions about want no part of

What does want no part of mean?
Want no part of means to not want to be involved in.
What part of speech is want no part of?
Want no part of is a verb.
What is the past tense of want no part of?
The past tense of want no part of is wanted no part of.

Words near want no part of in the dictionary

  1. want for nothing
  2. want in
  3. want list
  4. want lists
  5. want must be one's master
  6. want no part of
  7. want one's bumps feeling
  8. want one's bumps felt
  9. want out
  10. want someone's nachos
  11. want to

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