want

See:
  • (Do you) want to bet?
  • (do) (you) want to make something of it?
  • (do) you want a piece of me?
  • (I) just want(ed) to mention (something)
  • (I) just want(ed) to tell you (something)
  • (I) wouldn't want to be in (someone's) shoes
  • (Someone or something) called, they want their (something) back!
  • (You) want to step outside?
  • a thing you don't want is dear at any price
  • die for want of lobster sauce
  • do not want
  • egg in your beer, what do you want?
  • first crack at
  • for (the) want of (something)
  • for want of a better word
  • for want of a nail
  • For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse ...
  • for want of something
  • grow to (do something)
  • have no part in/of (something)
  • have no truck with (someone or something)
  • have none of it/that
  • have/play/take/want no part in/of something
  • have/want no truck with somebody/something
  • have/want none of it/that
  • he that hath a full purse never wanted a friend
  • How much do you want to bet?
  • I don't want to alarm you, but
  • I don't want to sound like a busybody, but
  • I don't want to upset you, but
  • I don't want to wear out my welcome
  • if you don't see what you want, just ask (for it)
  • If you don't see what you want, please ask
  • if you don't see what you want, please ask (for it)
  • if you wanna play, you gotta pay
  • if you want a friend, be a friend
  • If you want a thing done well, do it yourself
  • if you want a thing done well/right, do it yourself
  • if you want it done right, do it yourself
  • if you want it done well, do it yourself
  • if you want peace, (you must) prepare for war
  • If you want peace, prepare for war
  • if you want something done right, do it yourself
  • if you want something done well, do it yourself
  • if you want something done well/right, do it yourself
  • in want of (something)
  • in want of something
  • just want to say
  • just want(ed) to (do something)
  • know when (one) is not wanted
  • know when one is not wanted
  • knuckle sandwich
  • more you get, the more you want
  • need (one's) head examined
  • need (something) like (one) needs a hole in the head
  • need, want, etc. your head examined
  • need/want somebody/something like a hole in the head
  • not for (a) lack of trying
  • not for (a) want of trying
  • not for lack/want of trying
  • not let catch doing
  • not want to catch (one) (doing something)
  • not want to know
  • not wanted on voyage
  • on a silver platter
  • play no part in/of (something)
  • put (one's) nose (in) where it's not wanted
  • put one’s nose in where it’s not wanted
  • so bad one can taste it
  • something you don't want is dear at any price
  • stick (one's) nose (in) where it's not wanted
  • stick one’s nose in where it’s not wanted
  • stop the world, I want to get off
  • take no part in/of (something)
  • the cure is worse than the ailment
  • the cure is worse than the disease
  • the heart wants what it wants
  • the last thing (one) needs
  • the last thing (one) wants
  • the more you get, the more you want
  • the more you have, the more you want
  • the treatment is worse than the disease
  • thing you don't want is dear at any price
  • want (one's) bread buttered on both sides
  • want (one's) head examined
  • want (someone or something) back
  • want (something) like (one wants) a hole in the head
  • want (something) so bad (that) (one) can taste it
  • want a piece of me?
  • want back
  • want for
  • want for (something)
  • want for nothing
  • want in
  • want into (something or some place)
  • want no part in/of (something)
  • want no truck with (someone or something)
  • want none of (something)
  • want none of it/that
  • want off
  • want off of (something)
  • want out
  • want out of
  • want out of (something)
  • want rid of somebody/something
  • want the D
  • want the first crack at (something)
  • want to curl up and die
  • want to know the ins-and-outs of a cat's arse
  • want to make of it?
  • Want to make something of it?
  • want your bread buttered on both sides
  • waste not, want not
  • What (more) do you want me to say?
  • What do you want me to say?
  • what do you want to bet (that)
  • What do you want, a biscuit?
  • What do you want, a cookie?
  • What do you want, a medal?
  • What more do you want, jam on it?
  • Who do you want to speak to?
  • Who do you want to talk to?
  • Who do you want?
  • wouldn't want to be in shoes
  • you can't always get what you want
  • You want a piece of me?
  • you want to start something
  • You want to step outside?
References in classic literature
She heard of the Hampton system of education, and decided that this was what she wanted in order to prepare herself for better work in the South.
We wanted to teach the students how to bathe; how to care for their teeth and clothing.
"Well, he only wants to read--that's what he says."
"Wants to read, does he?--ain't satisfied with a thousand candles,
In a way she still did not know whether or not she wanted him to come.
That was not what she wanted but it was so the young man had interpreted her approach to him, and so anxious was she to achieve something else that she made no resistance.
When the bride saw it she wanted to have it, but the maid would only give it her on condition that she should sleep for the third time by the Prince's door.
And now hain't he owned up that you remind him of somethin' he wants ter forget?
I have nothing to do with William's wants, but it really is of very great importance that I should see Knightley today; and it becomes a matter, therefore, of very serious inconvenience that I should have had this hot walk to no purpose."
"Thank you, thank you.This is just what I wanted to be assured of.
Then, as we have many wants, and many persons are needed to supply them, one takes a helper for one purpose and another for another; and when these partners and helpers are gathered together in one habitation the body of inhabitants is termed a State.
He disliked her, and yet, he knew not why, he wanted to be with her.
"After that he often came to see me, and when my mouth was healed the other breaker, Job, they called him, went on training me; he was steady and thoughtful, and I soon learned what he wanted."
Waiting, in silence, would have been agreeable enough, for I was full of matter for reflection, and wanted to give it a chance to work.
But anyway, the politicians who ran it were short of torch-bearers, and anybody who would parade could get drunk if he wanted to.)