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Verb refuse has 6 senses
- refuse, decline - show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"
--1 is one way to react, respond
Antonyms: accept, consent, go for
Sample sentence:
They refuse to move
- refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline - refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
Antonyms: accept, take, have
Sample sentence:
They refuse the money
- defy, resist, refuse - elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"
--3 is one way to elude, escape
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- deny, refuse - refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"
--4 is one way to keep, hold on
Sample sentence:
They refuse them the money
- resist, reject, refuse - resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
--5 is one way to react, respond
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- reject, turn down, turn away, refuse - refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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