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

Somehow it manifests the presence of waves even though, as far as we can tell, there’s nothing doing any waving.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2018

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

Dunking them in the river, they won’t have it, no sir, nothing doing.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver