English Explanatory Dictionary

not to worry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. There is no need for concern; there isn't a serious problem.

Word forms

not to worry

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

no worries
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