to give a rain check

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• give a rain check — Digest 16/2002 (smb) to accept a different time for an appointment from the original one; to request that an appointment be rescheduled Thanks for asking me to have lunch with you today. Unfortunately, I m busy. Can I take a rain check? I m free… …   Idioms and examples

• rain check — {n.} 1. A special free ticket to another game or show which will be given in place of one canceled because of rain. * /When the drizzle turned into a heavy rain the manager announced that the baseball game would be replayed the next day. He told… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• rain check — {n.} 1. A special free ticket to another game or show which will be given in place of one canceled because of rain. * /When the drizzle turned into a heavy rain the manager announced that the baseball game would be replayed the next day. He told… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• rain\ check — noun 1. A special free ticket to another game or show which will be given in place of one canceled because of rain. When the drizzle turned into a heavy rain the manager announced that the baseball game would be replayed the next day. He told the …   Словарь американских идиом

• rain check — 1. a ticket for future use given to spectators at an outdoor event, as a baseball game or concert, that has been postponed or interrupted by rain. 2. an offered or requested postponement of an invitation until a more convenient, usually… …   Universalium

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• postpone — [v] put off till later time adjourn, cool it*, defer, delay, give a rain check*, hang fire*, hold off, hold over, hold up, lay over, pigeonhole*, prorogue, put back, put on back burner*, put on hold, shelve, suspend, table; concept 130 Ant. carry …   New thesaurus

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