Ask and Refuse

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Ask verb - To put a question or questions to.

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Refuse and ask are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Refuse" instead a verb "Ask".

Nearby Words: asked, asking

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.

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Ask and refuse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ask" instead a verb "Refuse".

Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

person	ask person	refuse person
girl	ask girl	refuse girl
help	ask help	refuse help
guy	ask guy	refuse guy
Other words: people, favor, permission, time, mother, advice, father, anyone, times.

So when one night she appears at his window to ask for his help in playing revenge pranks, he can't refuse.

Source: Literature / Paper Towns
Rather than offering to do a job, they will wait for Link to ask, and will only do it if he bluntly demands the job to be done and refuse if he asks politely.

Source: Video Game / The Legend of Zelda Oracle games
Cairo" has a mock scene from The Maltese Falcon that has the Peter Lorre imitator ask Sam Spade, "You going to make us an offer we can't refuse?

Source: An Offer You Can't Refuse

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