much less
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Idiomatic Let alone; to say nothing of, not to mention.
- You wouldn't want a dog running around the house, much less a monkey!
- Of the thing that sustains him through trials man has no inkling, much less knowledge, at the time.1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xxi
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- Why, not even a little bird or a tiny butterfly comes here, much less a human being!1919, Parker Hoysted Fillmore, The Three Citrons:
- 1895. M.K. Gandhi, Petition to Natal Legislative Assembly It is hopeless for him to return to India and expect to earn bread, much less to make a fortune.
- We had not at Chattanooga animals to pull a single piece of artillery, much less a supply train.1886, Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see much, less.
- He's at the bar much less often than his mother lately.