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not to speak of

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not to speak of something (slightly formal)
and possibly even more importantly It's hard to imagine a country that would use those weapons on its own people, not to speak of its neighbors.
Usage notes: used to introduce and emphasize another possibility
See also: speak


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Indeed, a love for any one of these significant writers will be enough, not to speak of an admiration for "Aucassin and Nicolete.
Julia had too much consideration to let her young sisters into the secret of my price--for this would have been teaching a premature lesson in extravagance; but, having permitted them to gratify their curiosity, she exacted of them both promises not to speak of me to their governess.
For a long time she did not know that she had ever had any brothers; for her father and mother took care not to speak of them before her: but one day by chance she heard the people about her speak of them.
 
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