give the red light (to)
repudiate
verb
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To be repudiated.
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To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
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To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown.
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To refuse to pay or honor (a debt).
How often have the words give the red light (to) and repudiate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )