"say no" meaning in English

See say no in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: says no [present, singular, third-person], saying no [participle, present], said no [participle, past], said no [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|say<,,said> no}} say no (third-person singular simple present says no, present participle saying no, simple past and past participle said no)
  1. (informal) To disagree; to think that something or someone is doing or saying is wrong. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-say_no-en-verb-THtEXNwD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Latin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 89 11
  2. (informal) To reject something. Tags: informal Translations (to reject something): negō (Latin)
    Sense id: en-say_no-en-verb-Dxp-AdA~ Disambiguation of 'to reject something': 2 98
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        "(informal) To disagree; to think that something or someone is doing or saying is wrong."
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        "(informal) To reject something."
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