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no fear

no fear prepositional phrase: not a chance, impossible.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Not a chance, impossible.
    • No fear, therefore, that, suddenly deprived of companionship, he should feel dull, and that dulness might take the shape of remorse; so repent, return, and be forgiven.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 139

Interjection

  1. Synonym of never fear: no worries, don't worry.
    • You want me to handle it? No fear.
    • "No fear," he said. "Every man will know his own when I come to the Council."1918, Mary Austin, The Trail Book
    Synonyms:
    never fear
  2. (UK, dated) Synonym of no way: absolutely not.
    • You're afraid I would handle it? No fear.
    • "Why, did you show him up some rot?"
      "No fear," he said.1904, M. R. James, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
    Synonyms:
    no way

Synonyms of no fear

Origin of no fear

The opposing senses of the interjection derive from the phrase functioning as an ellipsis of both have no fear ("be assured") and there is no fear of that happening ("it's impossible").

Questions about no fear

What does no fear mean?
No fear means not a chance, impossible.
What part of speech is no fear?
No fear can be a prepositional phrase or an interjection.

Words near no fear in the dictionary

  1. no eye see
  2. no fair
  3. no fairsies
  4. no fall zone
  5. no fault
  6. no fear
  7. no fidelity
  8. no fish, no dinner
  9. no fixed abode
  10. no flies on
  11. no fly list

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