not this time
Declining for now
Not this time is a polite but firm refusal, declining something that might otherwise be accepted or that has been accepted before.
It implies the door remains open for the future: Want to grab dinner? Not this time, but thanks for asking.
The phrase can also mark a reversal of fortune or expectation—someone who usually fails finally succeeds, or vice versa: He thought he'd get away with it again, but not this time.
- maybe laterTentative deferral response
- not todayTemporal rejection phrase
- passMove beyond or decline
- hard passEmphatic informal rejection
- skipTo deliberately exclude
decline · refuse · bow out · rain check · another day · not now · postpone · hesitate · hold off · wait · pause · miss out · opportunity · regret · reluctance · second thoughts · almost · nearly
not this timeyes
Opposite of no
count me in · I'm in · absolutely · sure thing · of course
not this timenever
At no point
absolutely not · no way · not ever · never again · under no circumstances
not this timeabsolutely
Completely, without exception
can't wait · finally · with pleasure · eagerly · happily
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