| rule out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, decline) |
| send regrets(verb, expression, decline, reject, dismiss) |
| shut down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, decline) |
| shut out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, decline) |
| sound off(verb, expression, maintain, oppose, declare) |
| spike(verb, stop, decline, reject, halt) |
| spurn(verb, decline, reject, dismiss, refuse) |
| squawk(verb, maintain, oppose, declare, object) |
| stand aloof |
| stop(verb, decline, reject, restrain, halt) |
| stymie(verb, stop, decline, reject, halt) |
| taboo(verb, stop, decline, reject, halt) |
| take exception(verb, expression, maintain, oppose, declare) |
| testify(verb, maintain, oppose, declare, object) |
| thumbs down(verb, expression, maintain, oppose, declare) |
| turn thumbs down(expression, idiom, reject, dismiss, refuse) |
| veto(verb, stop, decline, reject, halt) |
| withhold(verb, stop, decline, reject, halt) |
| assert(verb, maintain, oppose, declare, object) |
| asseverate(verb, maintain, oppose, declare, object) |