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Phrase(s): refuse something to someone
to deny someone permission to receive or use something. • You wouldn’t refuse water to me, would you? • Nothing at all was refused to the new employee., Phrase(s): refuse to do something
to reject doing something; to reject a request to do something. • I absolutely refuse to go there! • We all refused to break the law.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs