Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

abjure v
cast-offs n
challenge n (REFUSAL)
challenge v (REFUSE TO ACCEPT)
civil disobedience n
contest v (ARGUE)
decline v (REFUSE)
defy v
demur v
denial n (NOT ALLOW)
disavow v
disclaim v
disclaimer n
disown v
foreclose v (PREVENT)
gainsay v
jettison v
nix v
override v (NOT ACCEPT)
override n (POLITICS)
overrule v
pooh-pooh v
punt v (KICK)
rebel v
rebuff v
refusal n
refuse v
reject v
reject n
rejection n
renounce v
renunciation n
repudiate v
repulse v (PUSH AWAY)
resist v
resistant adj (NOT ACCEPTING)
scorn v
shun v
spurn v
unclaimed adj
veto n
veto v
I'm all right
give sb the brush-off
deceive yourself
deny yourself
far be it from me to
be ill-disposed towards sb
be/have nothing to do with sb/sth
send (sb) your regrets
shove/stick sth up your ass! idiom
I'm buggered if... idiom
give sb the cold shoulder idiom
I'm damned if idiom
close/shut the door on sth idiom
draw the line idiom
be laughed out of court idiom
not on your life! idiom
miss a chance/opportunity idiom
have none of sth idiom
we'll (soon) see about that idiom
shoot sth/sb down (in flames) idiom
would not do sth for all the tea in China idiom
thumbs down idiom
turn your nose up idiom
wash your hands of sth idiom

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

wild horses wouldn't drag me idiom

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