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НЕТ КАК НЕТ кого-чего coll VP subj / gen : human, concr, or abstr pres only may be used in past, present, and future contexts fixed WO

s.o. or sth. is already gone or has not appeared yet: X-a нет как нет - X is nowhere to be found

X is nowhere in sight there's no sign of X (of a person or thing that is gone only) there's no sign of X X has disappeared (vanished) (into thin air).

Его кто-то отвлек, и он на секунду выпустил руку девочки. Оглянулся - а ее нет как нет. Somebody distracted him and he let go of the little girl's hand for a moment. When he turned around, she was nowhere in sight.