have none of

phrase

: to refuse to have anything to do with
We will have none of that.

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The $1,180 style is classified as a loafer, though the design has none of the keeper straps, tassels or moccasin stitching that have been popular with the silhouette’s comeback. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026 Yesterday, Hong, who is a democratic socialist but had none of those endorsements, narrowly lost her race to David Crowley, the Milwaukee County Executive. — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026 These sunspots produce a lot of solar flares and coronal mass ejections, which are kind of bursts and eruptions of energy from the sun's atmosphere, and at solar minimum, the sun has none of these things. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 9 Aug. 2026 An agent handling a vendor contract or a customer refund has none of that. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for have none of

Word History

First Known Use

1630, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of have none of was in 1630

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have no interest in
have none of
have no part in
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“Have none of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20none%20of. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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