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[nip and tuck]{adj. or adv.}, {informal} Evenly matched; hard fought to the finish. •/The game was nip and tuck until the last minute./ •/A was a nip and tuck race right to the finish line./ •/The two salesmen fought nip and tuck for the contract all the way./ Compare: NECK AND NECK.

[nip in the bud]{v. phr.} To check at the outset; prevent at the start; block or destroy in the beginning. •/The police nipped the plot in the bud./ •/The teacher nipped the disorder in the bud./

[no account(1)]{adj.} Of no importance. •/The lowly clerk’s opinion is of no account in this matter./

[no account(2)]{n. phr.} A person of low social station. •/Fred was first considered a no account but he soon proved himself to be a person of great ability./

[nobody] See: IT’S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD.

[nobody home]{slang} 1. Your attention is somewhere else, not on what is being said or done here; you are absent-minded. •/The teacher asked him a question three times but he still looked out the window. She gave up, saying, "Nobody home."/ 2. You are feeble-minded or insane. •/He pointed to the woman, tapped his head, and said, "Nobody home."/

[nobody’s fool]{n. phr.} A smart person; a person who knows what he is doing; a person who can take care of himself. •/In the classroom and on the football field, Henry was nobody’s fool./ Contrast: BORN YESTERDAY.

[nod] See: LAND OF NOD.

[nodding acquaintance]{n.} Less than casual acquaintance. •/I have never spoken to the chancellor; we have only a nodding acquaintance./

[no deal] or [no dice] or [no go] or [no sale] or [no soap]{slang} Not agreed to; refused or useless; without success or result; no; certainly not. — Used in the predicate or to refuse something. •/Billy wanted to let Bob join the team, but I said that it was no deal because Bob was too young./ •/"Let me have a dollar." "No dice!" answered Joe./ •/I tried to get Mary on the telephone but it was no go./ •/"Let’s go to the beach tomorrow." "No sale, I have my music lesson tomorrow."/ •/I asked Dad for a new bicycle but it was no soap./ Compare: NOTHING DOING, NO USE.

[no doubt]{adv.} 1. Without doubt; doubtless; surely; certainly. •/No doubt Susan was the smartest girl in her class./ 2. Probably. •/John will no doubt telephone us if he comes to town./

[no end]{adv.}, {informal} 1. Very much; exceedingly. •/Jim was no end upset because he couldn’t go swimming./ 2. Almost without stopping; continually. •/The baby cried no end./

[no end to] or {informal}[no end of] So many, or so much of, as to seem almost endless; very many or very much. •/There was no end to the letters pouring into the post office./ •/Bob and Dick became close friends and had no end of fun together./

[no frills]{n. phr.} A firm or product that offers no extras; a generic product that carries no expensive label. •/We went on a no frills trip to Europe with few luxuries./

[noggin] See: USE ONE’S HEAD or USE ONE’S NOGGIN.

[no go] See: NO DEAL.