no choice
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1.4
- noun
- /noʊ tʃɔɪs/
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ninguna opción
- The ships had no choice but to leave in search of ports that would accept their passengers.
- no choice but to accept
- left with no choice
- no choice but to move
It's much worse to have no choice than too much, much worse.
- It's much worse to have no choice than too much, much worse.
- You first of all, you don't want to give people no choice at all, right?
- And I was just like, well, I have no choice now but to love this boy.
- And that's all well and good, but you have no choice.
- Like I think, I think you just have no choice, brother.
- And he kicked their asses so brutally that they had no choice but then to step up their game.
- You're forced to act as you do because there's no choice, because choice would imply some awareness.
- They're going to try it because they have no choice.
- And you know, I feel like I'm out here for everybody who feels like they have no hope, no choice, no outlet.
Examples
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The regular teacher has no choice but to accept all pupils in a district or area.
Academic text (2000) -
The storm left us with no choice but to cancel our plans for the weekend.
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And she has no choice in this.
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And I was just like, well, I have no choice now but to love this boy.
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You have no choice but to trust me.
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Unfortunately, you leave me no choice.
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You left me no choice.
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And because this request is done in the correct way, we have no choice but to help.
Academic text (1996) -
Most legal experts say the industry has no choice but to fight and win every case.
Academic text (1994) -
Accordingly, we have no choice but to move quickly to seek a cure.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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8.4
A situation where you must take the only option or have nothing
Antonyms
How Free
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'no' (not any) with 'choice' (option), so its meaning 'there are no options/alternatives' is directly and predictably derived from the constituents. This compositional pattern (equivalent to 'no option') is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
No choice paints a simple picture: imagine you stand at a crossroads but one path is blocked, so there is literally no other choice left. So it means 'there are no other options' and you must do something because nothing else is possible.