on no account

Idioms  

1. Also, not on any account. Under no circumstances, certainly not, as in On no account should you put a metal utensil in the microwave oven, or Dad said we can't go, not on any account. [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

And on no account were there to be public displays of affection among the protesters.

From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2017

Publicists at Doubleday and at Bloomsbury, her U.K. publisher, said that on no account was I to attempt to discover Lyndsey’s real name, or the names of other people described in the book.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 19, 2016

The mince must be beef flank, the pancetta unsmoked, the pasta tagliatelle – never spaghetti! – and it must on no account contain garlic.

From The Guardian • May 30, 2014

But on no account turn the steering wheel.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2014

Throughout the first day the Trojans defended themselves successfully, following the strict orders which Aeneas at his departure had given them on no account to undertake an offensive.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton