Offer
Offer verb - To put before another for acceptance or consideration.
Usage example: I offered my boss an alternative to the original plan, which would have required me to work overtime
Refuse
Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
How words are described
| alien | alien offer | alien refuse |
| bad | bad offer | bad refuse |
| main | main offer | main refuse |
| official | official offer | official refuse |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Depending on what kind of game you played, or whether you take up one or other offer or refuse it and just let the counter run down, the game ending changes.
Source: Brain in a Jar -
In A Song of Ice and Fire, one of the Dothraki weapons is the whip, and a silver-handled whip is a traditional gift at a Khal's wedding, given to his new bride, though she is expected to refuse and offer them to her new husband.
Source: Whip It Good - In fact, Michael makes the offer in a confrontational and condescending way, almost forcing Greene to refuse it—which he does.
Source: An Offer You Can't Refuse
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