not for a/one moment

idiom

: at no time : not at all

I did not believe her for a/one moment.

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Recent Examples on the Web The print screened over this past weekend, lacking either opening titles or credits, ran two hours and 33 minutes, and not for a moment was its vision less than epic. —

Arthur Knight, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2022 Rafal does not for a moment believe that passing on unhealthy genes makes someone a bad parent, either. —

Wired, 6 July 2022 The tension never abated over five thrilling games, not for a moment. —

Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2021

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