“lot of”

The following 9 entries include the term lot of.

a (fat) lot of good

idiom

: no use or help at all

a lot of

idiom

: a large number or amount of (things, people, etc.)

a lot of garbage/nonsense

noun phrase

: something very foolish

an awful lot of

idiom

: a large amount of : much

a whole lot of

idiom

: a large amount of : very much

show (a lot of) promise

idiom

: to seem likely to be successful in the future

take a lot of doing

idiom

: to require a lot of work

take a lot of lumps

idiom

: to be badly beaten or hurt usually used figuratively

take (a lot of) time

idiom

: to require that a lot of time needs to pass before happening or getting finished


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