want for nothing

want for nothing idiom
Not lack any necessities or comforts, as in He saw to it that his mother wanted for nothing. This term uses want in the sense of “lack.” “Mid-1600s”

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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