to refuse point blank

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• point-blank — if you refuse point blank, you refuse completely and will not change your decision. Journalists were infuriated by her point blank refusal to discuss their divorce. (always before noun) …   New idioms dictionary

• point-blank — [point′blaŋk′] adj. [ POINT + BLANK, n. 4] 1. Gunnery a) aimed horizontally, straight at a mark, at such close range that rise and fall in the projectile s flight need not be considered b) of or suitable for such fire [point blank range] …   English World dictionary

• point blank — 1. if you refuse point blank, you refuse completely and will not change your decision. He locked himself in the bathroom and refused point blank to come out. 2. if you ask or tell someone point blank about something that could upset or embarrass… …   New idioms dictionary

• point-blank — adv 1.) if you say or refuse something point blank, you do it directly and without trying to explain your reasons ▪ He refused point blank to identify his accomplices. ▪ I told him point blank that I didn t want to get involved. 2.) a gun fired… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• point-blank — adverb 1 if you say or refuse something point blank, you do it directly and without trying to explain your reasons: I told him point blank that I did not want to be involved in the deal. 2 a gun fired point blank is fired very close to the person …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• point-blank — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. Point blank is used with these nouns: ↑range, ↑refusal {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adv. Point blank is used with these verbs: ↑refuse …   Collocations dictionary

• refuse — 1 /rI fju:z/ verb 1 (I) to say or show that you will not do something that someone has asked you to do: I m sure if you ask her to help you, she won t refuse. | refuse to do sth: I refuse to take part in anything that s illegal. | flatly… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• refuse — re|fuse1 W1S2 [rıˈfju:z] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: refuser, from Latin refundere to pour back ] 1.) to say firmly that you will not do something that someone has asked you to do ▪ She asked him to leave, but he refused. refuse to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• refuse — I v 1. reject, spurn, disdain, say no or nay, refuse to consider, refuse point blank, put one s foot down, not budge an inch, not yield an inch, turn thumbs down, shake one s head at; decline, Inf. pass up or by, Inf. not buy; abstain from, stand …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• refuse — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ domestic, household (both esp. BrE) ▪ human … OF REFUSE ▪ heap, pile VERB + REFUSE …   Collocations dictionary

• refuse — I n. (BE) to collect the refuse (see also garbage, trash) II v. 1) to refuse categorically, completely, outright, point blank 2) (E) she refused to see him 3) (O; can be used with one object) he refused them nothing * * * [ refjuːs] completely… …   Combinatory dictionary