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have none of something en · VERB
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(idiomatic) To be completely unwilling to accept or support something.
I don't watch horror movies, because I'm having none of it. I don't listen to ugly or inciting lyrics in angry music, because I'm having none of it. I don't eat junk food, because I'm having none of it.
2013, Neale Donald Walsch, What God Said: The 25 Core Messages of Conversations with God That Will Change Your Life and th e World, Penguin, →ISBN, page 228:When Jo and I sat down with Mike and Jonah to review the new procedures, they rolled their eyes and slammed out of the meeting. They were having none of it.
2018, Camas Davis, Killing It: An Education, Penguin, →ISBN, page 276:However, the Clyde Navigation Trust was having none of it, citing concerns that a railway bridge would suffocate trade on the busy river.
2023 October 18, Nick Brodrick, “The grand gateway to Glasgow: 144 years of Glasgow Central”, in RAIL, number 994, page 34:Bellusdeo had no intention of going to the High Halls, and there'd been some argument about the designated "neutral" venue, but Teela was having none of it. Mandoran, on the other hand, wanted to go. And Teela was having none of that, either.
2020, Michelle Sagara, Chronicles of Elantra Vol 5, Mira Books, →ISBN, page 568:I'm having none of that nonsense.
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