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no way

(spoken)

not possibly my foot Now he's asking me to lend him my car. No way!

Usage notes: often used in the form there's no way: There's no way I could have paid for it.

See also: way

no way

Also, there is no way. Certainly not; never. For example, No way can I forget what he did, or Are you coming along?-No way! or There's no way our candidate can lose. This colloquial expression dates from the mid-1900s, but an earlier adverb, noway, dates from the 1300s.

See also: way

no way

Informal

Certainly not: Did you like that movie?—No way! It was boring.

See also: way