nothing doing

Example Sentences

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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

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

With nothing doing on Capitol Hill, Trump may increasingly start looking for successes overseas.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2017

Seeing nothing, hearing nothing, doing nothing on their side of the bridge, on the NJ roads approaching the bridge where they are responsible?

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2016

I, of course, was now a step behind Lu, who was blazing around the track like it was nothing, doing everything he could to secure his spot as the lead sprinter.

From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds