| "Ain't gonna happen!" |
New York Times |
18 Aug 2025 |
| "Forget it" |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jun 2025 |
| US expression used to indicate a total refusal. without exceptions (2,4) |
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| Never agree to decorate cake |
The Times Sunday Cryptic |
11 May 2025 |
| Fat chance of fellow being stuck up on rocks |
The Times Sunday Cryptic |
23 Mar 2025 |
| Complete absence of friendliness following head's expression of refusal |
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| "Forget it!" |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Oct 2024 |
| It means one's refusing in code perhaps (2,4) |
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| Expression of rejection university fellow brought up with formality (2,4) |
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| "Forget it!" |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Aug 2024 |
| "Deal's off!" |
Newsday |
19 May 2024 |
| "Nothing doing" |
New York Times |
29 Feb 2024 |
| "That didn't work" |
Newsday |
29 Feb 2024 |
| Do up in Mediterranean resort? Not a hope! (2,4) |
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| Not likely! (informally) (2,4) |
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| Album by Badfinger on which the song Without You first appeared |
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| Unable to play Yahtzee because of this? Impossible (2,4) |
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| "Forget it!" |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Oct 2023 |
| "Can't do it" |
LA Times Daily |
26 Aug 2023 |
| 'Ain't gonna happen!' |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jul 2023 |
| 'Not happening' |
USA Today |
11 Mar 2023 |
| 'Forget it' |
Newsday |
25 Dec 2022 |
| Pleasant to hold back party? Not a success |
The Guardian Cryptic |
24 Oct 2022 |
| Signal diamonds? Certainly not |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Jul 2022 |
| 'Sorry, can't help ya' |
The Washington Post |
02 May 2022 |
| "Sorry, can't help ya" |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2022 |
| "Forget it!" |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Mar 2022 |
| "Forget it!" |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Feb 2022 |
| "Can't do it" |
Universal |
09 Jan 2022 |
| 'Sorry, Charlie!' |
New York Times |
12 Sep 2021 |
| “Ain’t happening!” |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jul 2021 |
| 'Fat chance' |
The Washington Post |
21 Nov 2020 |
| "Fat chance" |
LA Times Daily |
21 Nov 2020 |
| “Forget it!” |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Sep 2020 |
| "Forget it!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Sep 2020 |
| "Forget it!" |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Aug 2020 |
| Terse refusal |
New York Times |
17 Jun 2020 |
| 'That didn't work!' |
New York Times |
29 Mar 2020 |
| Mafia boss recalls losing the head with police department as the deal is off locally! |
Irish Times Crosaire |
13 Jan 2020 |
| Negative reply (informal) |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Dec 2019 |
| Nothing to gamble with? The deal's off! |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Dec 2019 |
| 'The deal is off!' |
USA Today |
17 Apr 2019 |
| 'Not gonna happen!' |
New York Times |
11 Mar 2019 |
| 'Uh-uh' |
The Washington Post |
19 Jan 2019 |
| "Uh-uh" |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jan 2019 |
| "Uh-uh" |
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| "Not gonna happen!" |
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| ''Ain't gonna happen'' |
Newsday |
13 Dec 2018 |
| "Afraid that's impossible" |
The New Yorker |
01 Oct 2018 |
| 'Forget it!' |
Thomas Joseph |
30 May 2018 |
| "Forget it!" |
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| 'Fat chance!' |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Oct 2017 |
| 'Forget it!' |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Sep 2017 |
| 'Ain't gonna happen!' |
New York Times |
09 Sep 2017 |
| 'Ain't gonna happen' |
New York Times |
11 Aug 2017 |
| "Ain't gonna happen!" |
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| "Ain't gonna happen" |
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| "Forget it" |
USA Today |
23 Dec 2016 |
| "Ixnay" |
LA Times Daily |
20 Nov 2016 |
| "Forget it" |
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| "Ixnay" |
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| 'Forget it!' |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
01 May 2015 |
| "Forget it!" |
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| "Out of the question" |
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| "Forget it!" |
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| "Not gonna happen" |
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| "Keep dreaming!" |
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| "Forget it!" |
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| "Ain't happening" |
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| "Ain't gonna happen!" |
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| "Uh-uh!" |
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| "Not happening!" |
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| "Forget it" |
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| Curt refusal |
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| "Fuggedaboutit!" |
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| Curt refusal |
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| "Fuggedaboutit!" |
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| "Uh-uh" |
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| Expression coined by a crapshooter |
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| "I ain't buyin' it!" |
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| "Ain't gonna happen!" |
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| "Ixnay!" |
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| "Unh-uh" |
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| "The deal is off!" |
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| "It's not happening" |
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| "Forget it." |
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| Curt refusal |
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| "Ixnay" |
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| "Not gonna happen!" |
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| "Forget it!" |
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| "Not gonna happen!" |
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| "Sorry, Charlie!" |
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| "Ain't gonna happen!" |
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| "Fat chance!" |
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| "Forget it!" |
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| "Ain't gonna happen!" |
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| "Fuggedaboutit!" |
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| "Forget it!" |
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| "Fat chance!" |
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| "Forget about it!" |
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| "Ixnay!" |
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| "Forget it" |
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| "Sorry, Charlie" |
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| Not a chance! |
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| "Fuggedaboudit!" |
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| "Uh uh!" |
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| "Ixnay!" |
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| "Forget it!" |
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| "Fuggedaboutit!" |
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| "Uh uh" |
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| Nothing doing |
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| Casino worker's problem? |
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| "Fuhgeddaboudit!" |
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| Slangy turndown |
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| Slangy refusal |
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| Nix |
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| "Nothing doing!" |
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| "Out of the question!" |
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| Emphatic refusal |
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| Slangy refusal. |
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| Futile: Slang. |
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