no way
- Informal. absolutely not; no.
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Origin of no way
First recorded in 1965–70
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Idioms and Phrases with no way
no way
Also, there is no way. Certainly not; never. For example, No way can I forget what he did, or Are you coming along?—No way! or There's no way our candidate can lose. This colloquial expression dates from the mid-1900s, but an earlier adverb, noway, dates from the 1300s.
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