Gaining weight didn't help her health, not to mention the high blood pressure that ran in her family.
They don't have any of the players from that championship team anymore, not to mention manager Casey Stengel.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
not to mention something — not to mention (someone/something) and also someone or something else. Gaining weight didn t help her health, not to mention the high blood pressure that ran in her family. They don t have any of the players from that championship team anymore,… … New idioms dictionary
not to mention — (someone/something) and also someone or something else. Gaining weight didn t help her health, not to mention the high blood pressure that ran in her family. They don t have any of the players from that championship team anymore, not to mention… … New idioms dictionary
mention — men|tion1 W1S1 [ˈmenʃən] v [T] 1.) to talk or write about something or someone, usually quickly and without saying very much or giving details ▪ Was my name mentioned at all? ▪ Some of the problems were mentioned in his report. mention sth to sb… … Dictionary of contemporary English
mention — [[t]me̱nʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦ mentions, mentioning, mentioned 1) VERB If you mention something, you say something about it, usually briefly. [V n/ ing] She did not mention her mother s absence... [V n to n] I may not have mentioned it to her... [V that]… … English dictionary
mention — 1 / menSFn/ verb (T) 1 to talk about something or someone in a conversation, piece of writing etc, especially without saying very much or giving details: As I mentioned earlier, this has been a very successful year for our company. | Jill… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
mention — men|tion1 [ menʃən ] verb transitive *** to say something during a conversation, but not discuss it much or give many details: He didn t mention her all evening. mention something to someone: I ll mention it to her when I see her tomorrow.… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mention — I UK [ˈmenʃ(ə)n] / US verb [transitive] Word forms mention : present tense I/you/we/they mention he/she/it mentions present participle mentioning past tense mentioned past participle mentioned *** a) to say something during a conversation, but… … English dictionary
mention*/*/*/ — [ˈmenʃ(ə)n] verb [T] I to refer to something, but not discuss it much He didn t mention her all evening.[/ex] I ll mention the problem to her.[/ex] Did I mention that I ve got a new job?[/ex] • don t mention it spoken used as a polite answer to… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
not — [[t]nɒ̱t[/t]] ♦ (Not is often shortened to n t in spoken English, and added to the auxiliary or modal verb. For example, did not is often shortened to didn t .) 1) NEG You use not with verbs to form negative statements. The sanctions are not… … English dictionary
mention — 1. verb 1) don t mention the war Syn: allude to, refer to, touch on/upon; bring up, raise, broach, introduce, moot 2) Jim mentioned that he d met them before Syn: state, say, indicate … Thesaurus of popular words
