on no account
on no account prepositional phrase: under no circumstances.
Prepositional phrase
- Under no circumstances.
- But, however, concerning philosophies of this kind, a caution was on no account to be overlooked ; because already we foresee it in mind, and augur, that if at any time, stirred by our admonitions, men (taking leave of the sophistical learning) shall, in earnest, shape themselves to experiment...1844, Francis Bacon, James Glassford, Novum Organum Scientiarum, Edinburgh Print Company, pages 50-51
- “Why didn't the idiot tell her not to open it?” “It was his first move. ‘I've found a letter from you here, precious,’ she said. ‘On no account open it, angel,’ he said. So of course she opened it.”1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “VIII AND XII”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
on no account meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
on no account in Tamil
- எக்காரணத்தாலும், எக்காரணம் கொண்டும்
on no account in Malayalam
- under no circumstances, never, not for any reason
- ഒരു കാരണവശാലും, ഒരിക്കലും, യാതൊരു വിധത്തിലും, യാതൊരു കാരണവശാലും, ഒരുകാലത്തും, ഒരുസാഹചര്യത്തിലും
Questions about on no account
- What does on no account mean?
- On no account means under no circumstances.
- What is on no account in Tamil?
- On no account in Tamil is எக்காரணத்தாலும், எக்காரணம் கொண்டும். See On no account meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is on no account?
- On no account is a prepositional phrase.
Words near on no account in the dictionary
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