offer one can't refuse
nounEtymology
Unknown. A famous example is found in the film The Godfather (1972).
Definitions
An offer from one side in a transaction with terms so attractive that the other side is…
An offer from one side in a transaction with terms so attractive that the other side is almost guaranteed to accept.
- But in 2001 the government of Singapore made him an offer he couldn't refuse: the directorship of the brand new Genome Institute along with a $25 million starting budget.
A threatening offer by one party for which the results of failing to accept are so…
A threatening offer by one party for which the results of failing to accept are so unattractive that the other party is almost compelled to accept.
- The Mafia godfather Rocco . . . makes Jack an offer he can't refuse: marry Carol or else.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA