| "You've got it backward" | 
            Universal | 
            20 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Wrong!" (2 wds.) | 
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            | Untrue | 
            New York Times | 
            18 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | "On the contrary!" | 
            USA Today | 
            17 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Ain't true!" | 
            Universal | 
            08 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | "That's untrue" | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Au contraire!" (2 wds.) | 
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            | Untrue | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Untrue, good sir!" | 
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            | "Untrue!" | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            15 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | "False!" | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            01 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Wrong | 
            Newsday | 
            16 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Wrong!" | 
            Universal | 
            14 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Au contraire!" | 
            New York Times | 
            26 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Au contraire!" | 
            USA Today | 
            21 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Most online claims rejected: "Incorrect" (3,2) | 
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            | "You're mistaken" | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | "On the contrary!" (2 wds.) | 
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            | "That's a lie!" | 
            Universal | 
            18 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | "I beg to differ!" | 
            USA Today | 
            11 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Untrue | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Quite the contrary!" | 
            New York Times Mini | 
            10 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | "That's a lie!" | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Wrong US city lost face retreating (3,2) | 
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            | "That's incorrect" | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Less of a denial? (3,2) | 
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            | "I beg to differ" | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            13 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | "On the contrary!" | 
            LA Times Mini | 
            11 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | "That's a lie!": 2 wds. | 
            Commuter | 
            30 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Two Poles about to come up with nothing? Untrue | 
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            | "Untrue!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            25 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | "That is untrue!" | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            29 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | "You're fibbing!" (2 wds.) | 
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            | Wrong to turn in the errant son (3,2) | 
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            | "That's a lie!" | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            06 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | "False!" | 
            Universal | 
            24 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | "That's a lie!" | 
            Universal | 
            22 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | False | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            10 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | "That's false!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            19 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | "___ fast!" (words from a TV cop): 2 wds. | 
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            | "Untrue!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            12 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Untrue!" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            01 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Au contraire!" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Wrong!" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            19 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Au contraire!" | 
            Universal | 
            31 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | 'Untrue!' | 
            Newsday | 
            18 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Untrue!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            11 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | "That's wrong!" | 
            Universal | 
            11 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | "That's a lie!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            11 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | 'That's false!' | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | 'That's false!' | 
            Newsday | 
            16 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | 'That's a lie!' | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | “Au contraire!” | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            12 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | 'Au contraire!' | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | ''I beg to differ!'' | 
            Newsday | 
            16 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | "___ fast!" (words from a TV cop): 2 wds. | 
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            | "That's incorrect!" | 
            Universal | 
            10 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Reply to something untrue | 
            Universal | 
            01 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Untrue | 
            Newsday | 
            19 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Untrue | 
            Newsday | 
            03 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | "That's incorrect!" | 
            Universal | 
            07 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Untrue | 
            Universal | 
            20 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'Wrong!' | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | False | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'Lies!' | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'Au contraire!' | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'You're mistaken' | 
            The Washington Post | 
            15 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | "___ fast!" (slow down): 2 wds. | 
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            | 'That's wrong!' | 
            New York Times | 
            17 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | "Au contraire" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'Au contraire' | 
            The Washington Post | 
            13 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'Untrue!' | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'That's inaccurate' | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'That's false!' | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'That's a lie!' | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            19 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | “Au contraire!” | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            27 Jan 2020 | 
          
          
            | "It isn't true!" | 
            Universal | 
            14 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | 'That's just wrong!' | 
            New York Times | 
            30 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | 'Au contraire!' | 
            New York Times | 
            22 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | 'Nuh-uh!' | 
            New York Times | 
            16 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | 'That's incorrect' | 
            The Washington Post | 
            30 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | "That's incorrect" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | "___ fast!": 2 wds. | 
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            | 'Untrue!' | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            21 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Baloney | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | False | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            03 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | "That's a lie!" | 
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            | False | 
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            | "That's just wrong!" | 
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            | "Nuh-uh!" | 
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            | "That's incorrect" | 
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            | "Au contraire!" | 
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            | "___ fast!": 2 wds. | 
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            | "___ fast!": 2 wds. | 
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            | Untrue | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Untrue | 
            The Washington Post | 
            28 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | ''Untrue!'' | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | ''That's untrue!'' | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | 'I beg to differ!' | 
            USA Today | 
            12 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | 'Baloney!' | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | Inaccurate | 
            Newsday | 
            11 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | "Fake news!" | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | "Baloney!" | 
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            | "Au contraire!" | 
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            | "I beg to differ!" | 
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            | Untrue | 
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            | "Fake news!" | 
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            | 'I beg to differ' | 
            New York Times | 
            15 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | ''I beg to differ'' | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | ''Wrong!'' | 
            Newsday | 
            09 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | 'That's a lie!' | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            23 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | False | 
            The Washington Post | 
            04 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | "I beg to differ" | 
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            | "Baloney!" | 
            USA Today | 
            19 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | 'I beg to differ!' | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            04 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | 'Au contraire!' | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            07 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | "Au contraire!" | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | "Wrong!" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Fabricated | 
            Newsday | 
            10 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | "On the contrary!" | 
            Universal | 
            05 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | 'On the contrary!' | 
            New York Times | 
            02 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | "Au contraire!" | 
            Universal | 
            19 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | I couldn't agree less | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            23 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | 'Wrong!' | 
            The Washington Post | 
            09 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | "I beg to differ!" | 
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            | "Wrong!" | 
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            | "On the contrary!" | 
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            | "Au contraire!" | 
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            | "Au contraire!" | 
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            | 'False!' | 
            New York Times | 
            29 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | 'That's a lie' | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            16 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Contrary to fact | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | 'Wrong!' | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            17 Jun 2015 | 
          
          
            | "Nope!" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            11 Jun 2015 | 
          
          
            | Me, for example? I disagree | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            27 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | "Think again!" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Apr 2015 | 
          
          
            | Wrong | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | "False!" | 
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            | "Nope!" | 
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            | "Think again!" | 
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            | Contrary to fact | 
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            | Wrong | 
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            | False | 
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            | 'That's a lie' | 
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            | Fabricated | 
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            | "That's false!" | 
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            | "That's plain wrong!" | 
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            | "Au contraire!" | 
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            | 'Wrong' | 
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            | Inaccurate | 
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            | "Untrue!" | 
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            | Untrue | 
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            | "That's a lie!" | 
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            | "Incorrect!" | 
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            | Untrue | 
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            | 'That's false' | 
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            | "You are mistaken!" | 
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            | False | 
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            | Made up, say | 
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            | "You're wrong!" | 
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            | False | 
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            | Wrong | 
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            | "Wrong!" | 
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            | Wrong | 
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            | Untrue | 
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            | 'False!' | 
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            | False | 
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            | "Au contraire!" | 
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            | "Au contraire!" | 
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            | False | 
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            | "Untrue!" | 
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            | "Untrue!" | 
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            | "That's a lie!" | 
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            | "Untrue!" | 
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            | "You are mistaken!" | 
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            | "I beg to differ!" | 
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            | Skeptical retort | 
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            | "I beg to differ!" | 
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            | "I beg to differ" | 
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            | 'Wrong!' | 
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            | Skeptical retort | 
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            | "On the contrary!" | 
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            | "Wrong!" | 
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            | "On the contrary" | 
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            | "On the contrary!" | 
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            | "That's false" | 
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            | "___ fast!" ("Hold on a sec!"): 2 wds. | 
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            | "On the contrary" | 
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            | Baloney | 
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            | Words of denial | 
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            | "I beg to differ . . ." | 
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            | "Baloney!" | 
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            | Made up, maybe | 
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            | "Au contraire!" | 
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            | "Uh-uh!" | 
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            | Untrue | 
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            | Wrong | 
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            | "On the contrary!" | 
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            | "Au contraire!" | 
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            | "That's a lie!" | 
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            | "Hardly!" | 
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            | "False!" | 
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            | "Au contraire!" | 
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            | 'It's a lie!' | 
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            | False | 
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            | "Hardly!" | 
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            | "I beg to differ..." | 
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            | "Untrue!" | 
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            | Words of denial | 
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            | "That's a lie!" | 
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            | "Untrue!" | 
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            | "That's a lie!" | 
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            | "Wrong!" | 
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            | "Baloney!" | 
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            | Au contraire | 
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            | With 59-Down, unimpressive | 
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            | "I beg to differ" | 
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            | A lie | 
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            | False | 
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            | False | 
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            | "I beg to differ" | 
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            | "You're wrong!" | 
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            | "Au contraire!" | 
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            | Untrue | 
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            | "You're mistaken" | 
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            | 'That's a lie!' | 
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            | 'Untrue!' | 
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            | "That's a lie!" | 
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            | "___ fast!" | 
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            | "Incorrect!" | 
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            | "Wrong!" | 
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            | Inaccurate | 
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            | "That's a lie!" | 
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            | "You're wrong!" | 
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            | Untrue | 
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            | "False!" | 
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            | "You're wrong!" | 
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            | "___ fast!" | 
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            | "That's baloney!" | 
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            | "___ fast!" | 
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            | "_____ fast!" (slow down) | 
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            | "_____ fast!" | 
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            | Words of denial | 
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            | Inaccurate | 
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            | Untrue | 
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            | Untrue | 
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            | "False!" | 
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            | Untrue! | 
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            | "___ fast!" | 
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            | "Uh-uh!" | 
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            | False | 
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            | Two-word denial | 
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            | "Uh-uh!" | 
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            | "That's false!" | 
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            | "___ fast!" ("Hey!") | 
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            | False | 
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            | Untrue | 
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            | ____ hot: so-so | 
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            | "___fast!" | 
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            | "_____ fast, buster!" | 
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            | ___ hot (middling) | 
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            | Untrue | 
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            | Untrue! | 
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            | False. | 
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            | ___ bad. | 
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            | ___ bad (fairly good). | 
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            | Phrase of denial. | 
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            | Words of denial. | 
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            | "Think again!" | 
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            | Untrue. | 
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            | "Unh-uh" | 
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