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no go en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of no-go.
    alt of no-go
    • It's no go the merry-go-round, it's no go the rickshaw, / All we want is a limousine and a ticket for the peepshow. 1937, Louis MacNeice, Bagpipe Music:

Forms

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no-go alternative lexicographic

no go en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (US, informal, slang) Something which should not or cannot be done.

Forms

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no goes Number=Plur lexicographic
no-go alternative lexicographic
no gos Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

no-show · no can do · no-fly · non-starter

Translations (3)

da no go (something which should not or cannot be done) · de No-Go (something which should not or cannot be done) · pl tabu (something which should not or cannot be done)