refuse an offer
21offer — of|fer1 W1S1 [ˈɔfə US ˈo:fər, ˈa: ] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: offrir, from Latin offerre, from ferre to carry ] 1.) [T] to ask someone if they would like to have something, or to hold something out to them so that they can take it …
22offer — 1 verb 1 (T) to say that you are willing to give someone something, or to hold something out to them so that they can take it: offer sb sth: You haven t offered Grandma any ice cream. | They offered him a very good job but he turned it down. |… …
23offer*/*/*/ — [ˈɒfə] verb [T] I 1) to let someone know that you will give them something or do something for them if they want it They haven t offered me the job yet.[/ex] He had offered cocaine to an undercover police officer.[/ex] Thank you for offering to… …
24refuse — 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… …
25offer I couldn't refuse — See an offer I couldn t refuse …
26offer — 1. verb 1) Frank offered a suggestion Syn: put forward, proffer, give, present, come up with, suggest, propose, advance, submit, tender 2) she offered to help Syn: volunteer …
27An Offer You Can't Refuse — Infobox Album | Name = An Offer You Can t Refuse Type = Album Artist = A Change Of Pace Released = March 22 2005 Recorded = Genre = Post hardcore, Pop punk Length = Label = Immortal Records Producer = Last album = Change Is The Only Constant… …
28an offer someone can't refuse — informal 1) a very good offer Dinner at your house? That s an offer I can t refuse. 2) often humorous a threat to harm someone unless they do what you want He sold the bar to some gangsters who made him an offer he couldn t refuse …
29Godfather Offer — An irrefutable takeover offer made to a target company by an acquiring company. Typically, the acquisition price s premium is extemely generous compared to the prevailing market price. Therefore, if the target company s management refuses the… …
30make him an offer he can't refuse — Meaning The offer being do as I say or I ll kill you . Origin Line from The Godfather. It is used in all of the Godfather trilogy of films but varies slightly throughout and isn t always easy to hear through all that cotton wool. In the first… …
