get a rain check

To refuse an offer or invitation but with the hope or promise that it can be postponed or accepted at a later date or time. I'm sorry, but I'll have to get a rain check for dinner this Saturday. Would next weekend work for you?

See also: check, get, rain

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

not play that game
shuttle
shuttle diplomacy
back down
buy into
buy into (something)
battle against
close (one's) ears to (someone or something)
be having none of (something)
plead the Fifth (Amendment)

词组	get a rain check
释义	get a rain check get a rain check To refuse an offer or invitation but with the hope or promise that it can be postponed or accepted at a later date or time. I'm sorry, but I'll have to get a rain check for dinner this Saturday. Would next weekend work for you? See also: check, get, rain Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: not play that game shuttle shuttle diplomacy back down buy into buy into (something) battle against close (one's) ears to (someone or something) be having none of (something) plead the Fifth (Amendment)
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