exchange no more than (an amount of) words
exchange no more than (an amount of) words
To speak only briefly to someone. A certain number of words is stated after "than." I did see Miranda tonight, but we exchanged no more than three words, so I don't know how she's doing. Steve must be mad at me—we exchanged no more than two words all day.
See also: amount, exchange, more, no, word
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
exchange no more than
some number of words with someone and not exchange more than some number of words with someone; hardly exchange more than some number of words with someone; scarcely exchange more than some number of words with someone to say hardly anything to someone. (Always negative.) I know Tom was there, but I am sure that I didn't exchange more than three words with him before he left. We hardly exchanged more than two words the whole evening. Sally and Liz didn't have enough time to exchange more than five words.
See also: exchange, more, no
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- exchange no more than
- exchange words (with someone)
- have/exchange words
- in so many words
- in so/as many words
- have no words for
- have no words for (someone or something)
- put (something) into words
- put into words
- have words (with someone)