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“want to”

The following 3 entries include the term want to.

don't want to know

idiom

used to say that someone would be shocked or upset to learn the answer to a question

do you want to bet?

idiom

said to indicate the listener's disagreement with a statement

make someone (want to) puke

idiom

: to make someone sick : to make someone very angry, annoyed, etc.


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