never ever—(emphatic) absolutely never:
- Keep background noise to a minimum when speaking on the telephone—and never, ever let your children answer your business line!
never-never, the—
1. (UK coll.) the hire-purchase system:
- Some people bought on the never-never with no idea as to how they would meet their repayments should things turn sour.
2. (Never-Never, the) in Australia, the unpopulated northern part of Queensland; the desert country of the interior:
- His intention was to enjoy this trip … not to “do a perish” in the Never-Never.