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nothing doing
Idioms and Phrases
Certainly not, as in Can I borrow your down coat?—Nothing doing . This colloquial interjection was first recorded in 1910. Also see, no dice .Example Sentences
He wanted to sell outright to me, but his price was prohibitive and he wouldn't ease up on it a bit, so there was nothing doing.
There's nothing doing in making Bob drunk again, but you had better understand what's going to happen if you try.
The crop is spoiled, we have no grain to haul in, and there'll be nothing doing here while the snow is on the ground.
Wyatt was right when he said "there was nothing doing" socially.
Recall de Sagosta without fail or there will be nothing doing on pay day.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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