nothing doing
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But so much of it still involves nothing: doing nothing, feeling nothing, going nowhere.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2024
Leeds felt they should have had a spot kick after Dan James went tumbling, but there was nothing doing from referee Oliver Langford.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2024
Leeds want a spot kick, and VAR has a look, but there’s nothing doing.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2022
And we know that this college basketball season opens with so many coaches handling these issues as they always have: saying nothing, doing nothing.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2017
I keep my head down, but nothing doing.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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