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bar from

To prohibit someone from a certain place or thing. My rude comments got me barred from that website. My friends and I were barred from that restaurant after we got into fight there. I bar you from every coming in here again.

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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

bar none

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

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bar none

without omitting anyone or anything Terrell is the best player in the division, bar none.

Usage notes: used when comparing someone or something to all others of the same type

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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