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SheltieBites Posted 14 years ago
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Put/Set Stock/Store

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"I don't put much stock in his explanation."
"I don't put much stock by his explanation."
"I don't put much store in his explanation."
"I don't put much store by his explanation."

"I don't set much stock in his explanation."
"I don't set much stock by his explanation."
"I don't set much store in his explanation."
"I don't set much store by his explanation."

Could some of them be standard English?
  

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See the last of the idiom definitions: Stock: Idioms in stock, on hand for use or sale: There are no more blue skirts in stock. lock, stock, and barrel, completely; entirely; including every part, item, or facet, no matter how small or insignificant: We bought the whole business, lock, stock, and barrel. out of stock, lacking a supply of, especially temporarily: We are out of stock in this item.

— AlpheccaStars

  • See the last of the idiom definitions: Stock: Idioms in stock, on hand for use or sale: There are no more blue skirts in stock.
  • lock, stock, and barrel, completely; entirely; including every part, item, or facet, no matter how small or insignificant: We bought the whole business, lock, stock, and barrel.
  • out of stock, lacking a supply of, especially temporarily: We are out of stock in this item.
  • take / put stock in, to put confidence in or attach importance to; believe; trust: Considering his general unreliability, I can't take stock in what he has told you.
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See the last of the idiom definitions:


Stock:
Idioms
  • in stock, on hand for use or sale: There are no more blue skirts in stock.
  • lock, stock, and barrel, completely; entirely; including every part, item, or facet, no matter how small or insignificant: We bought the whole business, lock, stock, and barrel.
  • out of stock, lacki
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AlpheccaStarsSee the last of the idiom definitions: Stock: Idiomsin stock, on hand for use or sale: There are no more blue skirts in stock.lock, stock, and barrel, completely; entirely; including every part, item, or facet, no matter how small or insignificant: We bought the whole business, lock, stock, and barrel.out of stock, lacking a supply of, especially temporarily:
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