no-strings-attached
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See also: no strings attached
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From no strings attached.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nəʊ ˌstɹɪŋz‿əˈtæt͡ʃt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /noʊ ˌstɹɪŋz‿əˈtæt͡ʃt/
Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ætʃt
- Hyphenation: no-strings-at‧tached
Adjective[edit]
no-strings-attached (not comparable)
- (idiomatic, originally US, informal) Characterized by an absence of conditions or obligations.
- 2009 February 19, Vivian Salama, “Pakistan and China: A Fraying Friendship?”, in Time[1], New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2010-09-19:
- Since then, Beijing has often offered its support to Islamabad in the way of economic assistance, but also with no-strings-attached military aid.