in no uncertain terms

in no uncertain terms
in no uncertain terms
Cliché in very specific and direct language. •

I was so mad. I told her in no uncertain terms to leave and never come back.

I told him in no uncertain terms to stop calling me.

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See: IN SO MANY WORDS(2).

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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