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Meaning of nothing for it | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

No alternative; nothing else to be done or to have recourse to.

idiomatic, uncountable

Examples

“"You will allow⟳ there was nothing for it after this but paying honest Joe Hodges's bill and departing."”
“I (whatever the others might do) saw⟳ nothing for it but to comply.”
“I missed the train⟳ home and I couldn't get⟳ any kind of a yoke to give⟳ me a lift⟳. . . . So there was nothing for it only to stay⟳ the night or to foot it out.”
“There's nothing for it but to go forward⟳, whether we know⟳ where we're going or not.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

nothing sandwich nothing special nothing to it nothing to see nothing to sneeze at nothing to write home about

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