Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Non Plus (“no more” can be said on the subject).

 Non mi Recordo,Non Pros. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Non Plus (“no more” can be said on the subject).
 
When a man is come to a non-plus in an argument, it means that he is unable to deny or controvert what is advanced against him. “To non-plus” a person is to put him into such a fix.   1
 


 Non mi Recordo,Non Pros. 

 
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