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Discover LudwigThe phrase "refused point-blank" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a situation where someone categorically and unequivocally rejects a request or proposal. Example: "When asked to reconsider his decision, he refused point-blank, leaving no room for negotiation."
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"She refused point-blank to move to the Midlands.
If I'd been a younger, more naive writer, I might have baulked and refused point-blank.
"Paul Scofield, who played Salieri, refused point-blank to do interviews.
The bank, however, refused point-blank to discuss whether it was involved in talks with Bank of China.
When BBC producers asked if they could film the next crop of Apprentice contestants flogging art on a special stand at the fair, they were refused point-blank.
And the moment I realised my partner refused point-blank to enter shops of that nature in the first place, exhausted by the inevitable suspicion and hostility.
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You can't get politicians to answer questions if they refuse point-blank.
'It's very difficult with films to refuse point-blank to do publicity for them,' she says.
Stott, who has spent 30 years in Whitehall under a wide range of political masters, refuses point-blank to speculate.
Even our Karachi driver is afraid to make unplanned stops in the countryside, refusing point-blank to do any night work, terrified of Sindh's notorious dacoits.
Catherine and Alice refuse point-blank to eat the deep-fried turkey drummers; it reminds them of an episode of Peep Show in which they eat a dog's leg.
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