NOTHING OF THE KIND Definition & Meaning

nothing of the kind

Not at all like what is mentioned or expected, as in They thought we would look them up, but we'd intended nothing of the kind . [Second half of 1800s]
No, certainly not, as in Did you push Charlie?—Nothing of the kind! or Do you think the kids were trying to shoplift?—Nothing of the sort . [Second half of 1800s]

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, nothing of the sort .

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McGregor’s appearance in Washington was framed to look like an unscheduled or spontaneous event, and the White House press corps was only told about it a day earlier, but as later reporting by the Irish Times has made clear, it was nothing of the kind.

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The California law does nothing of the kind.

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Farage told the BBC the idea was "complete news to me" and "I’ve heard nothing of the kind".

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Nothing of the kind has surfaced in the months just before or just after the new law, according to the Harvard-UCSF survey’s authors, Daniel Schneider of Harvard and Kristen Harknett of UCSF.

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The Constitution grants nothing of the kind.

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