no way

American  

interjection

1. Informal. absolutely not; no.

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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.

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Etymology

Origin of no way

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

"There's no way you can pay for that as a student - even when I want to watch as much good football as I can. It's nuts."

From BBC • May 23, 2026

And if you’re retired and no longer working, there is no way of making up the losses.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Until the envelope was opened, Schlamminger had no way of knowing the true value his experiment had produced.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

“There is no way you can win with agents if you don’t have the right and differentiated data,” Sadoun said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

But there was no way to shut out the sounds.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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