under no circumstances

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under no circumstances and not under any circumstances

Fig. absolutely never. Andy: Under no circumstances will I ever go back there again! Rachel: Why? What happened? Sue: Can I talk you into serving as a referee again? Mary: Heavens, no! Not under any circumstances!

See also: circumstance

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I wish you to know that under no circumstances would I have lowered myself by-- under no circumstances would I have given men the chance of saying that I sought money under the pretext of seeking--something else. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context The man, as a matter of fact, under no circumstances, ever cared a brass farthing for what I or anybody else in his ship thought. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context As the first dwar passed in with his utan I cautioned him to listen closely for my commands, and under no circumstances to venture into the open, or leave the pits for the temple proper until I should have come up with him, "or you know that I died before I could reach you. The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			type up ugly ugly as a toad ugly as sin umbrage unaccustomed to unbosom oneself to unbowed unburden oneself to uncle Uncle Sam under a cloud under a microscope under a spell under arrest under attack under belt under breath under certain circumstances under construction under control under false pretences under fire under heel under lock and key under no circumstances under normal circumstances under nose under oath under own steam under pressure under scrutiny under the aegis of under the banner of under the circumstances under the counter under the gun under the influence under the knife under the skin under the sun under the table under the weather under the wing of under the wire under thumb under way under wing under wraps understand undertake to do			Under Ground Sewerage Scheme under hatches under hatches under hatches under hatches under heel Under His Wings Under Honorable Conditions Under Hood Junction Block Under House Arrest under inquiry under it Under Jolly Roger Under Keel Clearance under local under lock and key under lock and key under lock and key under lock and key under lock and key under lock and key under lock and key Under Low Limit Under Management Under Management Under Milk Wood Under Milkwood Under Monitor Display under necessity Under New Management under no circumstances under no illusion under no illusion under no illusion under no illusion under no illusions under no illusions under no illusions under no illusions under normal circumstances under nose under nose under nose under nose Under oath Under oath Under oath Under oath Under oath under obligation under obligation Under one's breath Under one's signature Under one's thumb under one’s hand Under open sky Under Other Than Honorable Conditions under own steam under own steam under own steam under own steam

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