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no-goer en · NOUN
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(informal) Something that has no chance of success; a non-starter
It was a no-goer. 'Boss.' 'I'm listening Riz. Your call.' 'Tell them no way. Tell them it's too late.
2014, Charlie Flowers, Battle Come Down, →ISBN, page 86:Ellie Hambling, from HeartCare Cardiac Support Group, said: 'It would absolutely ruin your heart. It’s a no-goer I'm afraid.'
2012, Kerry McQueeney, 230 calories a minute for 26 minutes: Hungry diner takes café challenge and polishes off gut-busting 6,000-calorie breakfast in record time (in Mail Online, 7 February 2012)It's a no-goer. They don't want to publish another book from you.
2014, Charlotte Anne Walters, Charlie Milverton and other Sherlock Holmes Stories, →ISBN:
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