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no way

American  

interjection

  1. Informal. absolutely not; no.

no way Idioms  

  1. 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.

Etymology

Origin of no way

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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In a message to parents, Essayli said he doesn’t believe children should be online “because there’s no way for you to guarantee 100% that your kids are not going to be groomed or approached by a guy like this.”

From Los Angeles Times

Former Cardinals team-mate JJ Watt said: "Can't even begin to fathom or process this. There's just no way. Way too soon. Way too special. So much left to give. Rest in peace Rondale."

From BBC

"There's just no way. Way too soon. Way too special. So much left to give. Rest in Peace Rondale."

From Barron's

"If you were taking your kids out on a Saturday to play, there is no way that you would choose the kind of clothes that we send children to school in," says Prof Helen Dodd, who researches children's play at the University of Exeter.

From BBC

“This is Tariff Man. There’s no way he takes this lying down,” said Jeremy Chan, senior analyst for China and northeastern Asia at Eurasia Group, a political-risk research firm.

From The Wall Street Journal

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