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

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

That helped, because I realised he had exploded with rage because he wanted me to go back and tell the editor that on no account must we print any more stories against his wishes.

From BBC ● May 18, 2013

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

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