sleeves from one's vest
Something non-existent; something of no value or cost.
"when a prosecutor dismisses some of the charges in a multi-count indictment, he is giving the defendant the sleeves from his vest"
vest
/vɛst/
noun 5verb 5name 1
Collocations
6(noun.)
ADJ
sleeveless | string | thermal | running | bullet-proof
PREP
in (your) ~
My father always relaxes in his vest while watching the evening news.
Definitions
noun
1
A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.
2
A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
3
A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
4
Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
He gripped some of the shreds and pulled off his vest and the shirt beneath it, his clothing disintegrating around him. What in the hell point was there in wearing a twenty-five-pound bulletproof vest if you could still get gunned to death?
5
A vestment.
In state attended by her maiden train, / Who bore the vests that holy rites require.
verb
1
To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.
With ether vested, and a purple sky.
2
To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.
to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death
Had thy poor breast receiv’d an equal pain; / Had I been vested with the monarch’s power; / Thou must have sigh’d, unlucky youth, in vain; / Nor from my bounty hadst thou found a cure.
3
To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
The power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.
, Book I Empire and dominion […] was vested in him.
4
To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
to vest a person with an estate
an estate is vested in possession
5
(of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.
Upon the death of the Sovereign the Crown automatically vests in the next heir without the need of coronation or other formality.
name
1
A surname.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.
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He gripped some of the shreds and pulled off his vest and the shirt beneath it, his clothing disintegrating around him. What in the hell point was there in wearing a twenty-five-pound bulletproof vest
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In state attended by her maiden train, / Who bore the vests that holy rites require.
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Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.
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With ether vested, and a purple sky.
Wiktionary06
to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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