not much

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not much

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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see not, much. There's not much meat in this chicken curry.
Used sarcastically with opposite meaning to express strong agreement or assertion of truth; a lot. "She's rich, is she?" — "Huh, not much!" [meaning yes, she is very rich]

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@misc{not_much_2026,
  title = {not much},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/not%20much},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}