not that

not that

Though it is not the case that

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not that phrase

used for adding a negative statement that reduces the effect or the importance of what you have just said

We forgot to leave our number – not that it matters; they can always ask Julie.

Thesaurus: ways of adding extra information_synonym

Main entry: not

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it is not to be inferred that

I'll never be allowed back-not that I'd want to go back

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not that

— used to say that something said before is not important

I tried to help, not that it mattered. [=but it did not matter]

I saw him with some other woman, not that I care. [=but I don't care]

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not that

— used to say that something that may seem true is not true

She ignored my suggestion–not that I care. [=I do not care that she ignored my suggestion]

Not that it matters much [=it does not matter much], but is the artist a man or a woman?

Some people lie to get out of jury duty. Not that I ever would, of course. [=I would never lie to get out of jury duty]

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ˈnot that idiom

used to state that you are not suggesting sth

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She hasn't written— not that she said she would.

Main entry: ↑not_idiom