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nixverb to be unwilling to grantour supervisor nixed my request to work from home, if only on a trial basis decline, deny, disallow, disapprove, negative, refuse, reject, reprobate, withhold ban, enjoin, forbid, prohibit, proscribe, vetorebuff, repel, spurncheck, constrain, curb, hold, keep, repress, restrain, restrictbalk (at), hinder, impede, obstruct allow, concede, grant, let, OK(or okay), permit afford, furnish, give, provide, supplyauthorize, commission, license(also licence)accede (to), acquiesce, agree (to), assent (to), consent (to), warrantaccord, sanction, vouchsafe to reject by or as if by a votemovie audiences have effectively nixed the idea of the reviving the old-fashioned western by emphatically ignoring this latest effort blackball, down, kill, negative, shoot down, veto decline, disallow, disapprove, dismiss, refuseblacklist confirm, ratify admit, allow, approve, assent (to), pass, sanctionelect, support to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree tothe committee nixed the additional expenditures balk (at), decline, deselect, disapprove, negative, pass, pass up, refuse, reject, reprobate, repudiate, spurn, throw out, throw over, turn down blow off, disdain, rebuff, scorn, scout, shoot downoverrule, vetoforbid, prohibit, proscribedismiss, ignoreabstain (from), forbear, refrain (from)deny, disavow, disclaim, dispute, gainsaystickabjure, forswear(also foreswear), recant, renounce, retract, take back, unsay, withdrawavoid, bypass, detourcontradict, deny, disown, negatecontrovert, disagree (with), disprove, dispute, rebut, refuteback down, back off, backtrackdisallow, recall, renege, revoke turn one's back on accept, agree (to), approve condone, countenance, swallow, tolerateadopt, embrace, receive, take, welcomeaccede, acquiesce, agree, assent, consentchoose, handpick, selectespouse, support in 1789 |