too good to refuse

phrase

: so good that a person feels he or she must accept it
Their offer was too good to refuse.

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Had an offer been too good to refuse, and something around the $100 million mark which Fermin is worth, then perhaps some could understand. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 But the Tigers also seem unlikely to move their more controllable pieces unless an offer is simply too good to refuse. — Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 25 July 2024 Follow our step-by-step instructions below and head into Thursday’s NBA action with a no-brainer deal that’s too good to refuse. — cleveland, 26 Jan. 2023 Denver was not on that list, but the Broncos were known aggressively pursuing a quarterback and apparently made Seattle an offer too good to refuse. — Bob Condotta, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2022 In order to lure the sea lion out of the road, authorities naturally turned to fish — an offer presumably too good to refuse. — oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2021

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“Too good to refuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/too%20good%20to%20refuse. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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