nothing doing

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nothing doing

interjection

India, dated, idiomatic Absolutely not; definitely no. "I'll fix his clock all right." "Nothing doing. I won't have it."
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nothing, doing: nothing that is currently occurring; nothing going on. "You see, Walter," he said, "in truth this business is merely a habit with me . . . but there's nothing doing, nothing doing. . . . I hardly know where I am myself; much less where my customers are."
Similar: by no means, no dice, no way, no way Jose

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@misc{nothing_doing_2026,
  title = {nothing doing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nothing%20doing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}