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refuse to go vs refuse going

Both "refuse to go" and "refuse going" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Refuse to go" is more common and is used when someone is unwilling to go somewhere, while "refuse going" is less common and is used when someone is unwilling to participate in an activity.

Last updated: March 30, 2024

refuse to go

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when someone is unwilling to go somewhere or do something. It is followed by the infinitive form of the verb.

Examples:

She refused to go to the party.
He refused to go on the trip.
They refused to go to the meeting.

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I refuse to go to church.
I don't know anything about it, but, in any case, refuse to go with him.
You must excuse this rather odd mixture of styles, but I refuse to go entirely Japanese.
and I refuse to go numb
If you refuse to go the officer here will take you by force.
Okay, wait... so you refuse to go the hospital, but at the first sign of beasts, you're up and at 'em?
And sin of sins... I refuse to go to Les Mimosas.
And what if I refuse to go?
I refuse to go downstairs.
I absolutely refuse to go running with you.
There are some feelings that refuse to go away.
If it could it would curse and refuse to go.
You refuse to go back in time.
I shall not refuse to go out of doors.
I refuse to go along with such a hypocritical position.
And I refuse to go to bed angry.
I refuse to go crawling back to him.
But if he talks to the men again, they may refuse to go.
And if I refuse to go?
And what if we refuse to go?

Alternatives:

decline to go
reject going
deny going
object to going
disagree to go

refuse going

This phrase is correct but less common in English.

This phrase is used when someone is unwilling to participate in an activity. It is followed by the gerund form of the verb.

Examples:

She refused going to the party.
He refused going on the trip.
They refused going to the meeting.

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And Winchester is going to refuse to sign.
I refuse to witness humanity going through that gateway.
Meeting a woman like you twice is what I'm going to refuse.
If you're going to refuse, I guess I'll go deal with Carlos instead.
It upset Brownlie so much he's going to refuse your cheques just to please me.
You can't be sure I was going to refuse you, even if it had been a boy because I'm not.
Even the police that have helped us in the past with gambling and other things are going to refuse to help us when it comes to narcotics.
Now they are deciding because they do not like the politics of a specific Member of this Parliament that they are going to refuse entry.
There are also worrying reports that the United States and some EU Member States are going to refuse to sign this Treaty.
What's the matter, are you going to refuse a paying customer?
Is it going to refuse to give the Brax Group any further Community funding, whatever country it is in, if it keeps the Portuguese factory shut?
How long are you going to refuse to see what's... right in front of your face?
Are you going to refuse me a visitor on my last night?
But if you look at their parties in their own counties, both in Germany and in Sweden, they act in precisely the opposite way and refuse to introduce anything going by the name of an environmental charge.
So I'm going to refuse the application.
No one's going to refuse clean water.
My father refuses to admit what's going on.
He's going to wonder why you would refuse him.
I'm going to give him a shot he can't refuse.
And I refuse to accept the notion that these miscreants are somehow more trustworthy than the man I'm going to marry.

Alternatives:

decline going
reject going
deny going
object to going
disagree going

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