think nothing of

English

Verb

think nothing of (third-person singular simple present thinks nothing of, present participle thinking nothing of, simple past and past participle thought nothing of)

1. To consider as straightforward or normal an activity others regard as unusual, wrong, or difficult.
   • 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:

     He also thought nothing of laying down a railway in a war zone. For example, he was one of those behind the Grand Crimean Central Railway, built during the Crimean War [...].

Related terms

• think nothing of it (phrase)

References

• “think nothing of”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.