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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

let's not and say we did en · X

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) Indicates that the speaker does not agree with a proposed action, and does not wish to participate.
    • Many teachers take a "Let's not and say we did" attitude toward extended experiential learning in the different styles. 2006, Jane A. G. Kise, Differentiated Coaching: A Framework for Helping Teachers Change, Corwin Press, →ISBN, page 65:
    • “We must go on to the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, Pa,” said Seb, bravely. “We can't feel any worse.” “Let's not and say we did,” groaned the sick father from his position of vantage at the rail. 1921, Harvard Lampoon, volume 80, number 10, page 324:
    • "Let's kick in a window on George," Dick Buckford said. "Let's not and say we did," Andy Houlihan said. 1947, James Thomas Farrell, The Life Adventurous and Other Stories, Vanguard Press, page 286: