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A no with the door already closing behind it.
means To refuse, dismiss, or fail to accept a person, thing, or idea.
from From Latin reicere, to throw back — re- (back) plus iacere (to throw), so a reject is literally something hurled the way it came.
Body languageImmune systems reject transplants like unwanted guests.
Stress shiftVerb reJECT, noun REject — accent picks sides.
ManufacturingFactory rejects birthed the entire outlet-store economy.