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not so fast

not so fast phrase: used to tell someone to cease doing something or to call into question what someone has said.

Phrase

not so fast

  1. (idiomatic) Used to tell someone to cease doing something or to call into question what someone has said.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see not, so, fast.

not so fast meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Arabic

not so fast in Hindi

stop doing something
इतना शीघ्र नहीं itnā śīghra nahī̃

not so fast in Urdu

stop doing something
اتنا جلد نہیں itnā jald nahī̃

not so fast in Arabic

stop doing something
لَيْسَ بِهٰذِهِ السُّرْعَة laysa bihāḏihi s-surʕa

Questions about not so fast

What does not so fast mean?
Not so fast means used to tell someone to cease doing something or to call into question what someone has said.
What is not so fast in Hindi?
Not so fast in Hindi is इतना शीघ्र नहीं (itnā śīghra nahī̃). See Not so fast meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is not so fast?
Not so fast is a phrase.

Words near not so fast in the dictionary

  1. not saying much
  2. not see
  3. not see for looking
  4. not see someone for dust
  5. not see straight
  6. not so fast
  7. not so hot
  8. not so much
  9. not someone's circus, not someone's monkeys
  10. not that
  11. not that I know of

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