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bar none

bar none adverb: without exception; excluding nothing else of the same kind.

Adverb

bar none (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Without exception; excluding nothing else of the same kind.
    • The best tiramisu I've ever tasted, bar none.
    • Mexican horses are the finest in the world, bar none.1913, Zane Grey, chapter 4, in Desert Gold

Origin of bar none

Possibly a shortened form of "to bar none" or "barring none".

Questions about bar none

What does bar none mean?
Bar none means without exception; excluding nothing else of the same kind.
What part of speech is bar none?
Bar none is an adverb.

Words near bar none in the dictionary

  1. bar mitzvahing
  2. bar mitzvahs
  3. bar money
  4. bar moneys
  5. bar monies
  6. bar none
  7. bar of chocolate
  8. bar off
  9. bar out
  10. bar pad
  11. bar pads

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