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

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

“Explore the manse and grounds as you like, but on no account stray beyond the walls. It is best that no man knows that you were here.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin