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{
"form": "has something to show for something",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "having something to show for something",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "had something to show for something",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "had something to show for something",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "have<has,,had> something to show for something"
},
"expansion": "have something to show for something (third-person singular simple present has something to show for something, present participle having something to show for something, simple past and past participle had something to show for something)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I've been panning for gold for two years, and this tiny speck is all I have to show for it",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to have (some profit, reward, benefit, etc.) as a result of (one's work, expenditure, etc.)"
],
"id": "en-have_something_to_show_for_something-en-verb-LhOiwn77",
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) to have (some profit, reward, benefit, etc.) as a result of (one's work, expenditure, etc.)"
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"word": "have something to show for something"
}
{
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{
"form": "has something to show for something",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "having something to show for something",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "had something to show for something",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "had something to show for something",
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"past"
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
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"English idioms",
"English lemmas",
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"English verbs"
],
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"text": "I've been panning for gold for two years, and this tiny speck is all I have to show for it",
"type": "example"
}
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"to have (some profit, reward, benefit, etc.) as a result of (one's work, expenditure, etc.)"
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"(idiomatic) to have (some profit, reward, benefit, etc.) as a result of (one's work, expenditure, etc.)"
],
"tags": [
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}
],
"word": "have something to show for something"
}
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