"bar none" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: en-au-bar none.ogg
Etymology: Possibly a shortened form of "to bar none" or "barring none". Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} bar none (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Without exception; excluding nothing else of the same kind. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Related terms: any and all Translations (without exception): 無例外 (Chinese Mandarin), 无例外 (wú lìwài) (Chinese Mandarin), poikkeuksetta (Finnish), sans exception (French), bez wyjątku (Polish), sem exceção (Portuguese), без исключения (bez isključenija) (Russian), sin excepción (Spanish)
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          "sense": "without exception",
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          "sense": "without exception",
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      "sense": "without exception",
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      "sense": "without exception",
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      "sense": "without exception",
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      "sense": "without exception",
      "word": "без исключения"
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      "code": "es",
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