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use

(juz)

tv. & in. to use (drugs); to take drugs habitually. (Drugs and now widely known.) I tried to stop using, but I couldn’t.

See:

• (it's/there's) no use crying over spilt milk
• a fat lot of good
• be (of) no use to man or beast
• be no good to man or beast
• close enough to use the same toothpick
• Could I use your powder room?
• cry over spilt milk, don't
• firm hand
• have no use for
• have use for
• in use
• It's no good crying over spilt milk
• it's no use
• It's no use crying over spilled milk
• Keep a thing seven years and you'll find a use for it
• lose the use of
• make use of
• no use, it's
• pull strings
• put in service
• put to good use
• put to use
• puts (one's) trousers on one leg at a time (just like everybody else)
• race card
• some shut-eye
• turn to good account
• use
• use (one's) noggin
• use (one's) noodle
• use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
• use as
• use as an excuse
• use before
• use by
• use every trick in the book
• use for
• use foul language
• use head
• use it or lose it
• Use loaf
• use one's head
• use over
• use some elbow grease
• use strong language
• use the bathroom
• use up
• use with
• use your head for more than a hatrack
• Use your head!
• Use your noggin!
• Use your noodle!
• what's the good of
• what's the use (of doing something)