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Phrase(s): deny someone or something to someone
to prevent someone from having someone or something. • Would you deny her children to her after all these long months? • I would not deny food to a starving man.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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verb say sth is not true ADV. emphatically, fiercely, firmly, hotly, strenuously, strongly, vehemently, vigorously Both women vehemently deny the charges against them. | angrily, indignantly | categorically, flatly He has categorically denied being involved in the fraud. | explicitly, expressly | implicitly | formally | publicly | immediately, promptly | simply If anyone accuses me I shall simply deny it. | consistently, repeatedly He has consistently denied murdering his estranged wife. VERB + DENY cannot You can't deny that it seems a very attractive idea. | try to I know it was you I saw, so there's no use trying to deny it. PHRASES no one could/would deny that No one would deny that there is a very great need for change. | there is no denying sth There is no denying the fact that she is an excellent scholar. refuse sb sth ADV. cruelly They were cruelly denied victory by an injury-time strike from Owen. | effectively Children could be compelled to work on the farm, effectively denying them schooling. PREP. to You cannot deny this opportunity to me.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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deny
deny + NOUN
deny a charge/allegation
• Officials denied allegations that torture was widespread.
deny any involvement in something
• The chairman denied any involvement in the affair.
deny all knowledge of something
• CIA officers denied all knowledge of the operation.
deny a fact
• You can’t deny the fact that we made a mistake.
deny a rumour
• Their chief executive denied rumours of the company’s decline.
deny a claim
• Claims that money had been wasted were denied by the chairman of the committee.
deny the existence of something
• The government has denied the existence of any political prisoners in the country.
deny any wrongdoing
formal (= illegal or immoral behaviour )
• The White House denied any wrongdoing.
adverbs
strongly/firmly deny something
• Reports of government corruption have been strongly denied.
vehemently/vigorously/strenuously deny something
(= very strongly )
• He vehemently denied that he had ever been to her house.
flatly/categorically deny something
(= very definitely and directly )
• In the interview, he flatly denied that charge.
hotly deny something
(= in an angry or excited way )
• She hotly denied ever having taken drugs.
repeatedly deny something
• King has repeatedly denied being a gang member.
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