Last Updated :2025/12/07

have nothing on someone

Verb
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Japanese Meaning
(誰かに対して)非難するための証拠が全くない / (誰かに対して)優位な立場や有利な条件を持っていない
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何人もの容疑者が取り調べを受けたにもかかわらず、捜査官たちはその事件に関与しているとみられる人物に対して決定的な証拠を持っていないようだ。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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(US) To be short of accusatory evidence against someone / To lack an advantage over someone, not be in a better position than someone

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have nothing on someone

Although many suspects were questioned, the detectives seem to have nothing on someone believed to be involved in the case.

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Although many suspects were questioned, the detectives seem to have nothing on someone believed to be involved in the case.

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