"ifs, ands, or buts" meaning in English

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          "text": "1947, Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire, Dramatists Play Service, Inc. (1952), →ISBN, page 29,\nBLANCHE. That must’ve been what happened. ¶ STANLEY. I don’t want no ifs, ands or buts! What’s all the rest of the papers?"
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          "text": "1962, advertisement, in Popular Science, Popular Science Publishing Company, page 175,\nThere are no gimmicks. There are No Exceptions, No Exclusions, No Limitations, waiting periods, no ifs, ands or buts."
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          "ref": "1992 March 18, Alice Kahn, “House Cleaners Come Clean; Straight talk about their work, their lives and you”, in San Francisco Chronicle, page Z1",
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          "text": "2007, Walt Love, The Gospel According to Rev. Walt \"Baby\" Love: Inspirations and Meditations from the Gospel Radio Legend, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 32,\nThere are no ifs, ands, or buts if we are going to stand on the promises found in the Holy Bible."
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "speculation, doubt",
          "word": "mutta"
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          "sense": "speculation, doubt",
          "word": "jossittelu"
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          "sense": "speculation, doubt",
          "word": "Wenn und Aber"
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          "sense": "speculation, doubt",
          "word": "dar și poate"
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          "sense": "speculation, doubt",
          "word": "doar și poate"
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          "roman": "jesli by da kaby",
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          "word": "если бы да кабы"
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      "sense": "speculation, doubt",
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