Etymology

not to worry

Today it means: There is no need for concern; there isn't a serious problem. Full definition →

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The story

The origin of the phrase is unknown. According to Partridge’s Dictionary of Catch Phrases the idiom dates from the mid-1930s with a surge in 1957–8.

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