not a chance

Adverb

Meaning

not a chance (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Absolutely not; no way.
Synonyms: no chance, not on your life, by no means, no fear, no way, nothing doing, fat chance, chance'd be a fine thing
Do I think she'll go out with him? Not a chance.

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The National Post article quotes Leach as saying, “There’s no way I’d share a stage with David Suzuki … not a chance.” Source: Internet

“There’s not a chance that there haven’t been serious instances of misconduct in an institution with that culture and of that size,” Grossman said. Source: Internet

I regret that I had not a chance to know him better." Source: Internet

Trying to enlist in the army, he failed his physical and was told there was not a chance that he would be accepted, even though he was of good height and somewhat athletic. Source: Internet

Not going nowhere now, not a chance … you’re right. Source: Internet

You could heliograph an SOS code, but simply keeping the beam on your target should quickly lead the person on the other end to conclude that the flash he is seeing is not a chance occurrence. Source: Internet

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