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think nothing of it

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Definition of think nothing of it

—used as a polite response when someone has apologized to one or thanked one
  • "Thanks for the ride." "Think nothing of it—I was going in this direction anyway."

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think play

  1. : to form or have in the mind

  2. : to have as an intention

  3. : to have as an opinion

  1. : an act of thinking

  1. : relating to, requiring, or stimulating thinking

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nothing play

  1. : not any thing : no thing

  2. : no part

  3. : one of no interest, value, or consequence

  1. : not at all : in no degree

  1. : something that does not exist

  2. : the absence of all magnitude or quantity

  3. : nothingness, nonexistence

  1. : of no account : worthless

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