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bar from
To prohibit someone from a certain place or thing. My rude comments got me barred from that website. My friends and I were barred from that restaurant after we got into fight there. I bar you from every coming in here again.
bar none
For sure; unequivocally. This is the best restaurant in town, bar none. Stephanie got the lead in the school play because she's the best actress in the school, bar none.
bar none
with no exceptions. (Follows an assertion.) This is the best of all, bar none.
bar none
without omitting anyone or anything
Terrell is the best player in the division, bar none. Usage notes: used when comparing someone or something to all others of the same type
bar none
Also, barring none. Without exception, as in This is the best book I've read all year, bar none. [Mid-1800s]