To refuse firmly: “She wanted to get some more money, but this time I ________.”
This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.
| PUT MY FOOT DOWN | 11 |
| CUT HER OFF | 5 |
| STUCK TO MY GUNS | 5 |
| WOULDN’T GIVE IN | 4 |
| FLAT OUT REFUSED | 2 |
| HELD OUT | 2 |
| SAID NO | 2 |
| SAID NOTHING DOING | 2 |
| STOOD MY GROUND | 2 |
| TURNED HER DOWN | 2 |
| TURNED HER DOWN FLAT | 2 |
| BALKED | 1 |
| REFUSED | 1 |
| SIMPLY SAID NO | 1 |
| STOOD FIRM | 1 |
| TOLD HER NO | 1 |
| WOULDNT GIVE IN | 1 |
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