not that
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› used to say you are not suggesting something: She wouldn't tell me how much it cost - not that I was really interested.Yes, no and not › used to say you do not think something is important: Not that I mind, but why didn't you phone yesterday?Yes, no and not
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Synonyms and related words:
- absolutely adverb
- aye adverb
- by no means idiom
- check exclamation
- do bears shit in the woods? idiom
- hear, hear! idiom
- is the Pope a Catholic? idiom
- less determiner, pronoun, adverb
- nay adverb (NO)
- negative adjective (NO)
- negative noun (NO)
- no fear! idiom
- no such luck idiom
- non- prefix
- none the worse, better, richer, etc. idiom
- nope adverb
- not that I know of idiom
- yah adverb
- yeh adverb
- yep adverb
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