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something
noun
a remarkable thing UK, 1958- “It’s quite something to face Mrs Thatcher at your door,” he [Ken Clarke] said, “breathing fire under the doorway, coming in to threaten you”. — The Guardian, 22 August 2001
▶ do you want to make something out of it?; do you want to make something of it?
do you want to fight about it?; do you want to argue about it? US, 1948- “Do you want to make something out of it?” he would say, balling up his fists. — Langston Hughes, Simple’s Uncle Sam, p. 37, 2000
▶ have something on
to have information about someone or something US, 1919- ESSID: “Perhaps I know him. Have they charged them?” KHALED: “They’re still in prison.” ESSID: “That means they had something on them.” — The Guardian, 26 October 2001
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