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pant for/after sb/sth
UK — phrasal verb with pant /pænt/ verb [I]Definition
› to want someone or something very much: The newspapers are panting for details of the scandal.Wanting thingsHoping and hopefulness
(Definition of pant for/after sb/sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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panoply noun
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panorama noun
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panpipes noun
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pansy noun (PERSON)
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pansy noun (PLANT)
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pant verb
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pantechnicon noun
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pantheism noun
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pantheon noun
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panther noun
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SMART Thesaurus: Wanting things
Synonyms and related words:
- ache for sth phrasal verb
- acquisitive adjective (WANTING THINGS)
- ambitious adjective
- angle for sth phrasal verb
- aspirant noun
- desire verb (WANT)
- desirous adjective
- dream about/of sth phrasal verb
- fall over yourself idiom
- give your eyeteeth for sth idiom
- impulse noun (WISH)
- incline verb (FEEL)
- lust after/for sth phrasal verb
- need verb (MUST HAVE)
- pine for sth/sb phrasal verb
- queue verb
- reach for the stars idiom
- taker noun (ACCEPT)
- yearn verb
- your heart's desire idiom
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