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- It’s basically a polite way of turning down someone’s offer to do something or spend time with you. If a person asks if you want to go for coffee later but are unsure of your schedule, you could say, “I’d love to, but I’ll, unfortunately, have to take a rain check.” It just means you can’t right now, but you will some other time.
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TAKE A RAIN CHECK (ON SOMETHING) definition: 1. used to tell someone that you cannot accept an invitation now, but would like to do so at a…. Learn more.
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A rain check usually has nothing to do with rain: it's a promise to do a canceled activity in the future. Originally, a rain check was a ticket given to people who went to an event that was canceled because of rain. The rain check would get you in to another game in the future.
take a rain check to refuse an offer or invitation politely, or say that you would like to accept it, but at a different time She says she'd like to take a rain check on it and do it in May.
The meaning of RAIN CHECK is a ticket stub good for a later performance when the scheduled one is rained out. How to use rain check in a sentence.
rain check. If you say you will take a rain check on an offer or suggestion, you mean that you do not want to accept it now, but you might accept it at another time. I was planning to ask you in for a brandy, but if you want to take a rain check, that's fine. (Collins Dictionary)
It’s basically a polite way of turning down someone’s offer to do something or spend time with you. If a person asks if you want to go for coffee later but are unsure of your schedule, you could say, “I’d love to, but I’ll, unfortunately, have to take a rain check.”.
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A rain check is a free ticket that is given to people when an outdoor game or event is stopped because of rain or bad weather, so that they can go to it when it is held again.
