refuse (sb) access
Frequency: 6.910.1 per million words
to say no when someone asks for access
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Examples (10)
- The security guard had to refuse them access because they didn't have a valid pass.
- We reserve the right to refuse access to anyone behaving inappropriately.
- The company was criticized for refusing investigators access to their financial records.
- Why would they refuse a parent access to their child's school report?
- The system is programmed to refuse access from any unrecognized IP address.
- He was furious when the archives refused him access to the historical documents.
- A landlord cannot unreasonably refuse a tenant access to the property.
- For security reasons, we were refused access to the restricted area.
- She threatened to refuse him access to their joint bank account.
- The government might refuse journalists access to the disaster zone for safety reasons.