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no problem
Also, no sweat ; not to worry . There's no difficulty about this, don't concern yourself. For example, Of course I can change your tire—no problem , or You want more small change? no sweat , or We'll be there in plenty of time, not to worry . The first of these colloquial terms dates from about 1960 and the second from about 1950. The third, originating in Britain in the 1930s and using not to with the sense of “don't,” crossed the Atlantic in the 1970s.
You're welcome, as in Thanks for the ride, Dad.—No problem . [Late 1900s]
Example Sentences
“Christian groups in America pray for Israel and have no problem if the war continues, while Pope Francis was calling for the fighting to end,” Isaac said.
Francis had no problem with the potentially kibitzing presence in his backyard of another pope, Benedict, who retired to a life of contemplation in a villa on the Vatican grounds, which later inspired the 2019 film “The Two Popes.”
Surely not if in most of the world, like Europe and elsewhere, it’s typical to keep eggs out on the counter with no problem.
One-hundred-and-one-year-old Colonel James H. Harvey, one of the last of the famed Tuskegee airmen of World War II, blamed Trump, saying, “I’ll tell him to his face. No problem. I’ll tell him, you’re a racist.”
It could be this year - or the next when my contract expires, there's no problem.
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