not have it

Idioms  

1. Also, have none of;. Not allow; refuse to tolerate, accept, or endure. For example, Mary wanted to have the reception at home, but her mother would not have it, or I'll have none of your backtalk, or The minister wouldn't hear of a change in the worship service. [Late 1500s] The related not having any, for wanting no part of (as in Fund-raising? I'm not having any!) was first recorded in 1902.

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Example Sentences

Raising four children on her own and working as a refuse collector on a minimum wage, Diva did not have it easy and arrived empty-handed.

From BBC

It has since awarded Celebrity Cards to luminaries such as rapper Big Sean and New York Knicks guard Mikal Bridges, who has said that he’s eaten Chipotle every day since 2013 because it is “too fire to not have it every single time.”

From The Wall Street Journal

I believe that’s the name of this place, though I might not have it exactly right.

From Literature

City did not have it all their own way when they beat Sunderland at Etihad Stadium, but they dismantled them in the end and they are capable of doing the same at the Stadium of Light.

From BBC

“I wanted all of that life and that natural feel to it,” she says, “to not have it feel polished at all, to just be really raw. Because they weren’t singing to entertain. It’s never performative. It’s always from this place of prayer or pain.”

From Los Angeles Times

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