AA11

If a man asked a woman to marry him and she refused, you’d say she ________.

This question was markedly rephrased from the 1965–70 question.

JILTED HIM9
DITCHED HIM8
TURNED HIM DOWN7
DUMPED HIM5
GAVE HIM THE COLD SHOULDER2
GAVE HIM THE RUNAROUND2
GIVE HIM THE COLD SHOULDER2
DIDN’T SETTLE1
DODGED A BULLET1
DOESN’T WANT TO MARRY HIM1
GOT SMART1
JOLTED HIM1
REFUSED HIS OFFER TO MARRY HIM1
REJECTED HIM1
SAID NO1
TOLD HIM NO1

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