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if I'm not there, start without me

idiom
Meaning

I am not interested in the event and do not plan to attend.


Examples
SIMPLE

I have other plans, so if I'm not there, start without me.

CONTEXTUAL

I am busy working late tonight, so if I'm not there, start without me and enjoy the dinner.

COMPLEX

Knowing the meeting would likely be a tedious waste of time, he sent a brief message stating that if he was not there, they should start without him.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all there

    Mentally competent; not absent-minded or insane.

  2. 02

    as if there were no tomorrow

    To an excessive degree, oftentimes with little to no regard to future consequences; desperately; recklessly or wantonly; frantically; very quickly or very much.

  3. 03

    be there

    To be available to provide comfort and support for someone, especially in a period of difficulty.

  4. 04

    been there, done that

    An assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is not too keen on revisiting or redoing it again.

  5. 05

    been there, done that, bought the T-shirt

    Expresses the speaker's complete familiarity with a situation, with overtones of cynicism or exhaustion.

  6. 06

    been there, done that, got the T-shirt

    Alternative form of been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.

  7. 07

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  8. 08

    flying start

    An especially good start.

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