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 Furthermore, Castano’s colleagues across the rest of the panel reiterated a common belief that Laporta and Deco would only consider offloading Fermin if an offer that was too good to refuse came in for the 22-year-old. Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 18 June 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 24 Jul. 2026.

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