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I don't mean maybe!
Inf. I am very serious about my demand or order. Bob: Do I have to do this? Sue: Do it now, and I don't mean maybe! Father: Get this place cleaned up! And I don't mean maybe! John: All right! I'll do it!
See also: mean

Maybe some other time. and We'll try again some other time.

a polite phrase said by a person whose invitation has just been turned down by another person. Bill: Do you think you can come to the party? Bob: I'll have to beg off. I have another engagement. Bill: Maybe some other time. John: Can you and Alice come over this Friday? Bill: Gee, sorry. We have something else on. John: We'll try again some other time.
See also: other, some, time
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It's all ifs, buts and maybes, but they were crucial points dropped at an important time.
NIGEL: EARLY LOSSES WERE A REAL KILLER by The Mirror (London, England)
00pm) Self-confessed loners the Brown family and the party-loving Maybes share vacations in Lanzarote and Scotland to show their counterparts how they like to spend their leisure time.
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00pm) Self-confessed loners the Brown family and the party-loving Maybes share vacations in Lanzarote and Scotland to show their counterparts how they like to spend their leisure time.
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