have your (fair) share of sth
Definition
C2 to have a lot or more than enough of something bad: We've certainly got our share of problems at the moment. She's had her fair share of tragedies in her life.Too much and unnecessary
(Definition of have your (fair) share of sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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have verb (MAKE HAPPEN)
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have verb (POSSESS)
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have verb (RECEIVE/ALLOW)
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have verb (SEX)
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have verb (SUFFER)
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have your back to/against the wall idiom
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have your business, sensible, etc. head on idiom
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have your cake and eat it idiom
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have your day in court idiom
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have your eye on sth idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- a sledgehammer to crack a nut idiom
- be up to your neck in sth idiom
- bellyful noun
- binge noun
- carry/take coals to Newcastle idiom
- groundless adjective
- gush noun (EXPRESSION)
- have sth coming out of your ears idiom
- hyper- prefix
- immoderate adjective
- insatiable adjective
- overdose noun
- overmuch adverb, adjective
- overstock noun
- oversupply noun
- play gooseberry idiom
- plenty pronoun, noun, adverb
- unnecessary adjective
- unwarranted adjective
- weigh sb/sth down phrasal verb
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