bar none

bar none

For sure; unequivocally. This is the best restaurant in town, bar none. Stephanie got the lead in the school play because she's the best actress in the school, bar none.

See also: bar, none

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bar none

with no exceptions. (Follows an assertion.) This is the best of all, bar none.

See also: bar, none

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

bar none

Also, barring none. Without exception, as in This is the best book I've read all year, bar none. [Mid-1800s]

See also: bar, none

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

bar none

You use bar none to emphasize that someone or something is the best of their kind. He is simply the best goalscorer we have ever had, bar none. Coronation Street is the best programme on TV, bar none.

See also: bar, none

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

bar none

with no exceptions.

1866 M. E. Braddon Lady's Mile Your ‘Aspasia’ is the greatest picture that ever was painted—‘bar none’.

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bar ˈnone

without exception: This is the best apple pie I’ve ever tasted, bar none.

See also: bar, none

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