not but English

Meaning not but meaning

What does not but mean?

not but conjunction

— (now, rare, archaic) Introducing a subordinate clause, frequently with that: "it is not that (the following clause) is not the case". [17th–19th c.]

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Movie subtitles

How, not one but two why would she abandon me!

But I'm not someone that anyone would like at first sight.

But, I'm not backing down!

But this tampon shit, it's not so fucking funny.

News and current affairs

Communism, still wrapped in the laurel leaf of anti-fascism, had a wide intellectual and emotional appeal, not only in the so-called Third World, but also in Western Europe.

In better shape, but not alone.

But before this new order appears, the world may be faced with spreading disorder, if not outright chaos.