not a chance

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not a chance (spoken) also no chance

it will not happen Will classroom volunteers solve America's reading problems? Not a chance. â€œI'd like to see us win easily for a change.â€ â€œNo chance, not against this team.â€

Usage notes: usually used as a separate sentence to comment on what was just said, as in the example

See also: chance

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Do all that you know, and try all that you don't: Not a chance must be wasted to-day! The Hunting of the Snark by Carroll, Lewis View in context There is not a chance of her affection being returned. Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context The conversation did not flag for an instant, so that the princess, who always kept in reserve, in case a subject should be lacking, two heavy guns--the relative advantages of classical and of modern education, and universal military service--had not to move out either of them, while Countess Nordston had not a chance of chaffing Levin. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context			none of business none of the above none of your business! None of your lip! none other than none the wiser none the worse none the worse for wear none too nonsense noodle noodle around noodle over nor nose nose about nose around nose in nose is out of joint nose or a group out nose out nose out of nose to tail nosh on not a bit not a chance Not a chance! not a dry eye not a glimmer not a kid anymore not a living soul not a moment to spare not a pretty sight not able not able to call time own not able to get for love or money not able to go on not able to help not able to make anything out not able to make head or tail of not able to see the forest for the trees not able to stomach not able to wait Not again! not agree with not all is cracked up to be not all it is cracked up to be Not always Not anymore not as young as one used to be not at all			NOSU NOSUM NOSV NOSW NOSWA NOSWG nosy nosy nosy parker nosy parker nosy parkers nosy parkers nosy-parker nosying Nosymbols not not not not not not Not (logic) Not (logic) Not (logic) Not (logic) Not . . . but Not A Big Deal not a bit Not A Bug Not A Chain not a chance Not a chance! Not a circumstance Not A Citizen not a clue Not A Darn Thing Not A Defect Not A Degree Requirement, Not in Average Not a Doctor not a dry eye Not A Fan Tonight Not A Fixable Bug Not A Freakin' Thing not a glimmer Not A Good Idea Not a Good Look Not A Happy Man Not A Happy Woman not a hope not a hope not a hope not a hope not a kid anymore not a living soul Not A Lot Going On Not A Lot Of People Know That not a moment to spare Not a Morning Person

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