Definition of no sooner
—used to emphasize the short time in which something happens I had no sooner walked through the door when the phone rang.No sooner did I walk through the door than the phone rang.
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“No sooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20sooner. Accessed 23 Jan. 2022.
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