- nowhere near
- not in any way.
It was a long list and it was nowhere near complete.
The movie was nowhere near as bad as Erin said it was.
Holzman was nowhere near the player Carey is.
Usage notes: used for emphasis
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
nowhere near
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nowhere near — See: ANYTHING LIKE … Dictionary of American idioms
nowhere near — See: ANYTHING LIKE … Dictionary of American idioms
nowhere near — ► nowhere near not nearly. Main Entry: ↑nowhere … English terms dictionary
nowhere near — adverb : not nearly : not by a great deal purposes nowhere near as good J.R.Wiggins operates at nowhere near its theoretical efficiency Collier s Year Book * * * not nearly he s nowhere near as popular as he used to be * * * nowhere near informal … Useful english dictionary
nowhere near — This is a colloquial or dialectal expression meaning not nearly or scarcely. Its use is not standard in a sentence such as I am nowhere near ready to eat … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
nowhere near — cvb idi not nearly: nowhere near enough food[/ex] … From formal English to slang
nowhere near — not nearly. → nowhere … English new terms dictionary
nowhere\ near — See: anywhere near … Словарь американских идиом
nowhere near — very far from, not at all close to … English contemporary dictionary
not anywhere nowhere near — not anywhere near/nowhere near idiom far from; not at all • The job doesn t pay anywhere near enough for me. Main entry: ↑nearidiom … Useful english dictionary
