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

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no way

There is no way this story isn’t personal; no telling that can leave out my specific interest in this body of work.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

And there was no way back for Yuan, 26, as Wu made sure of the trophy and the £177,000 top prize.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

"There's just no way to get there. Nothing. It's impossible to cross the bridges today," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

President Emmanuel Macron’s statement that French secularism “in no way negates religion” was important.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The factory barracks was set in the center of the broad Phillips compound; there was no way a camp official could approach it without crossing this open space.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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