nothing doing
Example Sentences
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But so much of it still involves nothing: doing nothing, feeling nothing, going nowhere.
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024
Leeds felt they should have had a spot kick after Dan James went tumbling, but there was nothing doing from referee Oliver Langford.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2024
Leeds want a spot kick, and VAR has a look, but there’s nothing doing.
From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2022
And we know that this college basketball season opens with so many coaches handling these issues as they always have: saying nothing, doing nothing.
From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2017
“There was nothing doing, no fish. I ran up to Elliot Head real slow like. A fog run. I had my horn going.”
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
