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a must

Idioms  
  1. A necessity; a requirement. For example, The Louvre is a must for visitors to Paris, or This book is a must for serious students of English. [Late 1800s]


Example Sentences

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“But this transaction was always a ‘nice to have’ at the right price, not a ‘must have’ at any price,” the Netflix chiefs said.

From Los Angeles Times

Netflix now says Warner would have been “nice to have” but not a “must have.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Netflix said in a statement Thursday that it viewed Warner Bros as “‘nice to have’ at the right price, not a ‘must have’ at any price.”

From MarketWatch

The deal was “a ‘nice to have’ at the right price, not a ‘must have’ at any price,” Netflix’s co-CEOs say in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal

"But this transaction was always a 'nice to have' at the right price, not a 'must have' at any price," it concluded.

From Barron's