to the contrary

Idioms  

1. To the opposite effect, in denial, as in No matter what they say to the contrary, I am positive that he was present. This idiom was first recorded in 1512. Also see on the contrary.

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Example Sentences

Brooks attempted to distance himself from the exchange, calling out TMZ in a TikTok posted Monday: “I don’t know what happened. I wasn’t there,” he said, despite video evidence pointing to the contrary.

From Los Angeles Times

Anything to the contrary could crush the Nasdaq and potentially bring it below the low it reached this fall, about a 6% drop from its current level.

From Barron's

Anything to the contrary could crush the Nasdaq and potentially bring it below the low it reached this fall, about a 6% drop from its current level.

From Barron's

Their protestations to the contrary fall on unsympathetic ears.

From BBC

Whether secretly he harboured ambitions to the contrary we will never know.

From BBC