"under no circumstances" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-under no circumstances.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} under no circumstances, {{en-PP}} under no circumstances
  1. (idiomatic) never ever, not for any reason Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: on no account Translations (never ever): za žádných okolností (Czech), v žádném případě (Czech), onder geen beding (Dutch), in geen geval (Dutch), ei missään tapauksessa (Finnish), en aucun cas (French), unter keinen Umständen (German), auf keinen Fall (German), auf keinsten [slang] (German), keinesfalls (German), tote ne (Ido), w żadnym wypadku (Polish), în niciun caz (Romanian), ни при каки́х обстоя́тельствах (ni pri kakíx obstojátelʹstvax) (Russian), ни в ко́ем слу́чае (ni v kójem slúčaje) (Russian), bajo ningún concepto (Spanish)

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