under no circumstances

under no circumstances
phrasal
: under no conditions

under no circumstances were they to go unattended

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under no circumstances
Never

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never, whatever the situation is or might be

under no circumstances may the child be identified

* * *

in/under no circumstances idiom
used to emphasize that sth should never happen or be allowed

Under no circumstances should you lend Paul any money.

Don't open the door, in any circumstances.

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  • under the circumstances — because of the particular situation. Going to see the scene of the explosion was, under the circumstances, a really stupid thing to do. The storm was very dangerous, so under the circumstances I think we were lucky to have had only one tree blown …   New idioms dictionary

  • Under the circumstances — circumstance cir cum*stance (s[ e]r k[u^]m*st[a^]ns), n. [L. circumstantia, fr. circumstans, antis, p. pr. of circumstare to stand around; circum + stare to stand. See {Stand}.] 1. That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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