no buts
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"No ifs, no buts, no exemptions, no excuses."
From Fox News • Jul. 14, 2021
“No ifs, no buts, no exemptions, no excuses.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2021
David Cameron, who became prime minister after Mr Brown, ruled out a Heathrow expansion "no ifs, no buts".
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2020
No ifs, no buts, and certainly no PR whitewash.
From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2010
"Ain't no buts, that's what they think and I don't mind telling you."
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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