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it's no use

idiom

used to say that something one has tried to do cannot be done
It's no use—the door won't open.

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“It's no use.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/it%27s%20no%20use. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.

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