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Phrase(s): Maybe some other time. [and] We’ll try again some other time.
a polite phrase said by a person whose invitation has just been turned down by another person. • Bill: Do you think you can come to the party? Bob: I’ll have to beg off. I have another engagement. Bill: Maybe some other time. • John: Can you and Alice come over this Friday? Bill: Gee, sorry. We have something else on. John: We’ll try again some other time.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs