"no fear" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: en-au-no fear.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: The opposing senses of the interjection derive from the phrase functioning as an ellipsis of both have no fear ("be assured") and there is no fear of that happening ("it's impossible"). Etymology templates: {{m|en|have}} have, {{m|en|no}} no, {{m|en|fear}} fear, {{m|en|there}} there, {{m|en|is}} is, {{m|en|no}} no, {{m|en|fear}} fear, {{m|en|of}} of, {{m|en|that}} that, {{m|en|happening}} happening Head templates: {{en-interj}} no fear
  1. Synonym of never fear: no worries, don't worry. Synonyms: never fear [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-no_fear-en-intj-S9gG-kdR Categories (other): Undetermined quotations with omitted translation
  2. (British, dated) Synonym of no way: absolutely not. Tags: British, dated Synonyms: no way [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-no_fear-en-intj-HLbCqbGx Categories (other): British English, Undetermined quotations with omitted translation

Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-no fear.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: The opposing senses of the interjection derive from the phrase functioning as an ellipsis of both have no fear ("be assured") and there is no fear of that happening ("it's impossible"). Etymology templates: {{m|en|have}} have, {{m|en|no}} no, {{m|en|fear}} fear, {{m|en|there}} there, {{m|en|is}} is, {{m|en|no}} no, {{m|en|fear}} fear, {{m|en|of}} of, {{m|en|that}} that, {{m|en|happening}} happening Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} no fear, {{en-prep phrase}} no fear
  1. Not a chance, impossible.
    Sense id: en-no_fear-en-prep_phrase-~gKydqv1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 17 49

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