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in no uncertain terms

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in no uncertain terms

(idiomatic, of a statement, especially a threat or admonishment) Definitely, clearly; bluntly, forthrightly; explicitly, categorically.

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Andersen refused in no uncertain terms, replying that there was "not enough money in the city of Chicago" to make him do it. Source: Internet

And those executives were told in no uncertain terms by their security, ‘You are being recruited, and they will compromise your computers and cellphones.’ Source: Internet

A meeting was arranged to settle the issue, and Macmillan stated in no uncertain terms that the UK would be retaining their independent deterrent capability, no matter what the cost. Source: Internet

Both the Janneh Commission and the TRRC have exposed in no uncertain terms that Yaya Jammeh was the personification of corruption and violence. Source: Internet

The extent of public sentiment has found expression in the popular culture, in calypsos such as Jaunty’s ‘Bobol List’, which expressed in no uncertain terms the revulsion that the ordinary Saint Lucian felt at the abuse of public office for private gain. Source: Internet

The Electress demanded in no uncertain terms that the Queen Dowager should prevent her son's journey, as "being prejudicial to Brandenburg's interests in view of the state of war existing between Sweden and Poland". Source: Internet

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