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don't ask
Idioms and Phrases
A phrase used to fend off questions about a situation one finds awkward, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory. For example, How did we do in the bridge tournament? Don't ask! [ Colloquial ; 1960s] For a similar phrase, see forget it .Example Sentences
And Im glad you dont ask me for any promise, because it would be wrong to give it; mother dont even like me to be much with you.
Taste every dish thats brought to you, and when once your plate is taken away, dont ask for it again.
We dont think about it here, you see, because we dont ask what a mans religion is, as long as he is brave and good.'
I dont ask any more of your attention nor anything more of you than I would be willing to give you in return.
In her hand she carries a green branch,no, 278 dont ask me why, for you will know when you hear the girls sing the Liberty Tree.
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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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