not+away

  • 131not to give quarter — {v. phr.} 1. To be utterly unwilling to show mercy; not to allow a weaker or defeated party the chance to save themselves through escape. * /The occupying foreign army gave no quarter they took no prisoners, shot everyone, and made escape… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 132not to give quarter — {v. phr.} 1. To be utterly unwilling to show mercy; not to allow a weaker or defeated party the chance to save themselves through escape. * /The occupying foreign army gave no quarter they took no prisoners, shot everyone, and made escape… …

    Dictionary of American idioms