phrase [PHRASE noun, PHR of n]You use
not a few when you are
referring to
quite a
lot of things or people. You can also use
a good few in this way, mainly in British English.
I've made this argument, and not a few people would disagree with me.
I think a good few of the others were like me, a bit confused.
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