not a chance

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not a chance

adverb

  1. idiomatic, not comparable, sarcastic Absolutely not; no way. Do I think she'll go out with him? Not a chance.

    Similar: no chance, not on your life, by no means, no fear, no way, nothing doing, fat chance, chance'd be a fine thing

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adv absolutely not

Españolni de broma
Portuguêsnem pensar, sem chance
Françaisjamais de la vie
Deutschauf keinen Fall
עבריתאין סיכוי

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@misc{not_a_chance_2026,
  title = {not a chance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/not%20a%20chance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}