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just say no

just say no phrase: an advertising campaign prevalent during the 1980s and early 1990s, aiming to discourage children from engaging in illegal recreational drug use by offering various ways of saying no and rejecting peer pressure.

Phrase

just say no

  1. An advertising campaign prevalent during the 1980s and early 1990s, aiming to discourage children from engaging in illegal recreational drug use by offering various ways of saying no and rejecting peer pressure.

Questions about just say no

What does just say no mean?
Just say no means an advertising campaign prevalent during the 1980s and early 1990s, aiming to discourage children from engaging in illegal recreational drug use by offering various ways of saying no and rejecting peer pressure.
What part of speech is just say no?
Just say no is a phrase.

Words near just say no in the dictionary

  1. just on
  2. just one of those things
  3. just plain folks
  4. just reward
  5. just rewards
  6. just say no
  7. just sayin'
  8. just saying
  9. just shoot me
  10. just so
  11. just the same

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