to say no more
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4.9
- idiom
- Informal
:
no dijo más
- When she realized he understood perfectly, she simply smiled and said no more.
Examples
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After hearing the shocking news, I shook my head and said no more about it.
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"And then he said no more, because he was dead."
Fiction book (1998) -
"But, as I know Luke is proud of his own ability with a weapon, I said no more on that subject."
Fiction book (1997) -
Homer: No, he said no more rockets on company property.
Fiction book (1999) -
Dino: I thought we said no more of that stuff.
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Vanessa winced, but said no more about the car.
Fiction book (1997) -
"Though Lucian pressed her to tell him, she said no more on the subject, leaving him disappointed and more than a little vexed.
Fiction book (1995) -
She said no more.
Fiction book (1998) -
He made his point clearly, and the audience nodded, so he decided to say no more.
Synonyms
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4.1
Tell someone to be quiet in a rude or angry way
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1.0
To stop making noise or talking
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5.3
To stop talking about an issue and accept it as it is
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4.4
To stop talking to keep a secret or when told to be quiet
Stop discussing a topic and not talk about it more
To stop talking about a subject
To tell someone rudely to be quiet
To tell someone to stop talking and be quiet
Antonyms
How Detailed
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3.4
- Informal
3
4.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'stop talking / no further explanation needed' is directly derivable from 'say' (to speak) combined with the phrase 'no more' (nothing further), forming an imperative that tells someone not to continue. This is a straightforward compositional negation structure common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The expression said no more comes from the simple moment when someone stops speaking, because after an awkward comment or a secret they 'said no more' and kept quiet. So it means 'to stop talking'.