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no strings attached

Syllables: no strings at·tachedUK/nəʊ ˌstɹɪŋz‿əˈtæt͡ʃt/US/noʊ ˌstɹɪŋz‿əˈtæt͡ʃt/

no strings attached phrase: without conditions or obligations; without a catch.

Phrase

no strings attached

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Without conditions or obligations; without a catch.
    • For a friend I’ll help out for free, no strings attached.
    • In the present century marriage is preceded by a betrothment, gifts are usually interchanged (but with no strings attached), and a causeless withdrawal therefrom by either party is considered infamous.1883 March 24, “Current Topics. Marriage.”, in W. T. Baggett, editor, Pacific Coast Law Journal, […], volume XI, number 5, San Francisco, Calif.: Pacific Coast Law Printing and Publishing Co., […]...

no strings attached meaning in Vietnamese

no strings attached in Vietnamese

without conditions or obligations
rộng cẳng

Examples of no strings attached in a sentence

  • Would he ask her out (if he ever did) just for herself, no strings attached?1953 (date written), Sylvia Plath, “Initiation”, in Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: And Other Prose Writings, London: Faber and...
  • Who wanna have sex with no strings attached1999, “Be Faithful”, Isaac Freeman, Edmund Bini, Joseph Rizzo, Sean Combs, Schon Crawford, Clarence Emery, Bernard Edwards, Faith Evans...
  • I repeated that there were no strings attached to my offer.' / 'No visible strings, you mean.'2005, J[ohn] M[axwell] Coetzee, chapter 20, in Slow Man, London: Vintage, →ISBN, page 151:
  • You say that you want / All of my love / But let's be honest, we don't need all that / I like it better with no strings attached2013, Tim Myers, Melissa Sheppard, “Bad Things”, in Dear You, performed by Meiko, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.: Fantasy Records...

Synonyms of no strings attached

Forms of no strings attached

alternative formno string attached
alternative formNSA

Origin of no strings attached

From strings (“(figurative) conditions, limitations, restrictions”), possibly from an old prank where a money purse with a hidden string would be placed on the ground, and pulled away when someone tried to pick it up.

Words formed from no strings attached

Words that rhyme with no strings attached

Questions about no strings attached

What does no strings attached mean?
No strings attached means without conditions or obligations; without a catch.
What is no strings attached in Vietnamese?
No strings attached in Vietnamese is rộng cẳng. See No strings attached meaning in Vietnamese.
How do you use no strings attached in a sentence?
Would he ask her out (if he ever did) just for herself, no strings attached?
What part of speech is no strings attached?
No strings attached is a phrase.
How do you pronounce no strings attached?
No strings attached is pronounced /nəʊ ˌstɹɪŋz‿əˈtæt͡ʃt/ (UK).

Words near no strings attached in the dictionary

  1. no sooner said than done
  2. no sooner than
  3. no soup for you
  4. no speaks
  5. no string attached
  6. no strings attached
  7. No Such Agency
  8. no such luck
  9. no such thing
  10. no suh
  11. no sweat

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