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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on no account

“The dahlia’s first duty in life is to flaunt and to swagger,” wrote British horticulturist Gertrude Jekyll, “and to carry gorgeous blooms well above its leaves, and on no account to hang its head.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2022

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

"I conjure to my friends on no account to make me the subject of any monument, memorial or testimonial whatsoever. I rest my claims to the remembrance of my country upon my published works."

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2014

Besides, she is already wrapping up, telling me that on no account am I to refer to her as a Taiwanese businesswoman.

From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2012

"We can lose all of Flea Bottom if we must, but on no account must the fire reach the Guildhall of the Alchemists, is that understood? Clegane, you'll go with him."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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