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no two ways about it no two ways about itNo choice, alternative, or other interpretation. No two ways about it. We're going to have to sell the farm. Sorry, Bill, we have to let you go. There's no two ways about it.See also: no, two, wayno two ways about itno choice about it; no other interpretation of it. (Note the form there's rather than there are.) You have to go to the doctor whether you like it or not. There's no two ways about it. This letter means you're in trouble with the tax people. There's no two ways about it.See also: no, two, wayno two ways about itNo room for difference of opinion, no alternative, as in We have to agree on the nomination, and no two ways about it. [Early 1800s] See also: no, two, wayno two ways about it used to convey that there can be no doubt about something.See also: no, two, way(there are) no two ways aˈbout it (informal) used for saying that there is only one possible way to consider a particular situation or fact: There are no two ways about it — these sales figures are terrible!See also: no, two, wayno two ways about itThere’s no alternative, no room for disagreement. This expression became popular in America in the early 1800s, and was picked up by Dickens in his American Notes (1842): “They’re pretty nigh full . . . and no two ways about it.” It remains current.See also: no, two, way |