no sir

Idioms

Also, no sirree. Certainly not. This emphatic denial is used without regard to the gender of the person addressed. For example, No sir, I'm not taking her up on that, or Live here? No sirree. [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

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no sir

They aren’t grossed out by the men, no sir, not at all!

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025

“No, no, sir, OK? We had a discussion,” Ramirez says.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

Krzyzewski graduated from West Point, where the only three answers a plebe was allowed to give an upperclassman were: yes, sir; no, sir; no excuse, sir.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2021

“Every time they was asking me something, I would say no sir, yes sir,” he told investigators.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 25, 2020

Dunking them in the river, they won’t have it, no sir, nothing doing.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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