1 to refuse

2 to decline

3 to reject

1 to catch fish

2 to fish

1 to resist

2 to defy

3 to oppose

1 to resist

2 to repel

3 to refuse

1 to refuse to take a passenger (of taxi)

1 act of God

2 force majeure (law)

3 irresistible (idiom)

1 to refuse nobody (idiom)

2 all comers welcome

1 to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another

1 lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations

2 to act on hearsay evidence

1 lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net

2 to waste one's effort (idiom)