Fail
Turn down
Turn down verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.
Both terms in one sentence
- Studios turn down good scripts, networks cancel, screw over, or fail to pick up good shows, and publishers refuse to publish great books all the time.
Source: Network to the Rescue
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