have occasion to do sth
formalDefinition
› to need to do something: Of course, as a teacher I had authority, but rarely did I have occasion to use it.Essential or necessary
(Definition of have occasion to do sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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have no business doing sth idiom
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have no time for sb idiom
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have none of sth idiom
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have nothing on sb or sth idiom
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have nothing to say for yourself idiom
- have occasion to do sth idiom
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have one foot in the grave idiom
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have sb by the balls idiom
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have sb eating out of your hand idiom
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have sb in the palm of your hand idiom
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have sb on phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do idiom
- basically adverb
- be a question of doing sth idiom
- call for sth phrasal verb
- dependence noun
- elemental adjective
- essential adjective
- essentially adverb
- indispensable adjective
- inherent adjective
- integral adjective
- interdependent adjective
- intrinsic adjective
- necessity noun
- need noun
- need verb (MUST DO)
- needed adjective
- on a need-to-know basis idiom
- stand or fall by sth idiom
- symbiosis noun
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