think the world of

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Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)To have a very highopinionof; to have a strongattachmentto oraffectionfor; to think highly / a lot of.Synonyms:admire,esteem,think a lot of1888,Louisa May Alcott, “May Flowers”, inA Garland for Girls:"I was so pleased I wanted to cry, for the children do love me, and run to me for everything now, andthink the world ofSister."1900,Annie Fellows Johnston, “‘Found Out’”, inThe Little Colonel’s House Party, Boston, Mass.:The Page Company, published February 1923,→OCLC,page158:Those little souvenir spoons she sent up with the chocolate yesterday are perfect darlings. Ithink the world ofmine.1984April 9, “Medicine: Question: Who Will Play God?”, inTime‎[1], New York, N.Y.:Time Inc.,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe originalon31 July 2009:I used tothink the world ofyou, but I hate you for what you said," declared Lilian Bono, 76.2019, “Don’t Let Me Go”, inCry, performed by Cigarettes After Sex:When I was young,I thought the world of you/ You were all that I wanted then

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