Handed and Refuse

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Handed adjective - Having or involving the use of hands.

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Refuse is an antonym for handed in topics: touch, give, transfer, furnish, pass possession to.

Nearby Words: hand, handy, handing

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.

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Handed is an antonym for refuse.

Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

Does Not Like Guns: Red, who goes so far as to refuse every gun he is handed, even in the middle of gunfights.

Source: Roleplay / Bounty Hunters Of The Apocalypse
Many people who have gone to stores giving out these codes have complained that even though they are supposed to be handed out for free, employees often refuse to surrender the codes unless they purchase something else as well.

Source: Scrappy Mechanic / Pokémon
The Gunners aren't even above slavery, trying to buy a child from the Sole Survivor during a quest to return the kid to his parents - if you refuse, they come back and demand the kid and his parents be handed to them as property.

Source: Armies Are Evil aka: The Evil Army

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