lack/want for nothing

idiom

: to have everything one needs
Their children lack/want for nothing.

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“Lack/want for nothing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lack%2Fwant%20for%20nothing. Accessed 7 Dec. 2022.

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