You know what it looks like… but what is it called?
TAKE THE QUIZ“not so”
The following 3 entries include the term not so.
not so fast
idiom—used in speech to say that one disagrees with what someone has said or to tell someone to stop or slow down
not so long ago
idiom: a short time ago
not so much (something) as (something else)
idiom: less like (something) than (something else)
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
