turn your nose up
Definition
C2 to not accept something because you do not think it is good enough for you: They turned their noses up at the only hotel that was available.Refusing and rejecting
(Definition of turn your nose up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- deceive verb
- decline verb (REFUSE)
- disclaim verb
- frown on/upon sth phrasal verb
- I'm damned if idiom
- jettison verb
- miss a chance/opportunity idiom
- not hear of sth phrasal verb
- not on your life! idiom
- opt out phrasal verb
- pass sth up phrasal verb
- rebel verb
- rebuff verb
- refusal noun
- resist verb
- shove/stick sth up your ass! idiom
- shun verb
- spurn verb
- turn sb away phrasal verb
- wash your hands of sth idiom
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