Total Phrases- 4535
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Out-negative / Push away url

Leave me alone

  1. I can’t be bothered.
  2. I couldn’t care less.
  3. It’s none of your concern.
  4. This is not my problem.
  5. Don’t try to pin this one on me.
  6. Give me some space.
  7. I don’t want to hear it anymore.
  8. I could care less.
  9. Nobody asked you.
  10. Don’t give me an ultimatum.
  11. Who cares anyway?
  12. Don’t twist my arm.
  13. Don’t start in on me.
  14. I think you’d better leave now.
  15. It’s none of your business.
  16. I think I've had enough.

Leave me alone

Out-negative / Push away
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Out-positive / Agreement url

I think the company should match our charity contributions.

  1. That’s a sensible idea.
  2. You have a good point there.
  3. You sold me.
  4. I think that makes a lot of sense.
  5. It makes sense to me.
  6. I see what you’re driving at.
  7. Sounds good to me.

I think the company should match our charity contributions.

Out-positive / Agreement
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Restraint-3

  1. Loose lips sink ships.
  2. Don’t get all worked up.
  3. Take it easy!
  4. Keep it under wraps.
  5. Don’t spill the beans.
  6. Grab a hold of yourself, don’t you have any self-control?
  7. Keep it to yourself.
  8. Don’t go overboard.
  9. You can’t take the law into your own hands.
  10. You got a good thing going, and I wouldn’t drop it so fast if I were you.
  11. Let it drop.

Restraint-3

Out-neutral / Advice
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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Not catching a fish

  1. Kiss this one goodbye.
  2. It’s not like I have much of a choice.
  3. I’ll be darned if I can help it.
  4. That’s the way it is.
  5. It’s not that bad.
  6. There’s not much I can do about it now.
  7. I’m going to let bygones be bygones.

Not catching a fish

In-neutral / Acceptance
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In-negative / Explaining url

After shoving a neighbor in a fight

  1. It was just a misunderstanding.
  2. I can’t explain it.
  3. I admit it, I cracked under pressure.
  4. I would like to try to set things straight.
  5. It’s all my fault.
  6. I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
  7. There’s a first time for everything.
  8. I acted on impulse.
  9. What can I say?
  10. I was taken off guard.
  11. Don’t get the wrong impression.
  12. Things just got out of hand.
  13. My pride got in the way.
  14. I hope I didn’t come on too strong.
  15. My emotions got the better of me.
  16. I really didn’t intend for things to turn out the way they did.

After shoving a neighbor in a fight

In-negative / Explaining
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Out-positive / Encouragement url

For a friend who just got an A average

  1. You passed with flying colors.
  2. That’s my boy!
  3. You out-did yourself.
  4. You did that well.
  5. All things considered, I think you did a great job, and you should be proud of what you were able to accomplish.
  6. That’s using your head.
  7. Nobody can do it better.
  8. That’s fantastic.
  9. Kudos to you!
  10. Your mind is sharp as a tack.
  11. Your in a class all by yourself.
  12. You should be proud of yourself.
  13. That’s a major accomplishment.
  14. I always knew you had it in you.

For a friend who just got an A average

Out-positive / Encouragement
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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

You are wrong

  1. That’s where you’re wrong.
  2. I should think not.
  3. That’s out of the question.
  4. That’s not so.
  5. If you think I’m going to go along with you on that, you have another guess coming.
  6. You had your chance.
  7. You just wait and see.
  8. I wouldn’t be so sure of that.
  9. That doesn’t even come close.
  10. You’re sadly mistaken.
  11. You couldn’t fool me for a minute.
  12. You are way off base.
  13. Nothing could be further from the truth.
  14. That option is just not in the realm of possibility.
  15. That choice is just out of the question.

You are wrong

Out-neutral / Negotiating
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Restraint-1

  1. Don’t get carried away.
  2. Hold your tongue.
  3. Just cool it.
  4. Just sit tight Pause for a moment.
  5. Keep your cool.
  6. Don’t make waves.
  7. It’s best to bite your tongue.
  8. Silence is golden.
  9. Bite your tongue.
  10. Somethings are better left unsaid.
  11. Two wrongs don’t make a right.

Restraint-1

Out-neutral / Advice
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Out-positive / Agreement url

There’s nothing like a good, brisk walk.

  1. That very well may be true.
  2. I won’t argue with you.
  3. You hit it on the head.
  4. It really hits the spot.
  5. You’ve got a good point.
  6. I’ll grant you that.
  7. I can verify what you’re saying from personal experience.
  8. It make’s good sense.
  9. That’s understandable.

There’s nothing like a good, brisk walk.

Out-positive / Agreement
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In-positive / Determination url

Therapist with patient

  1. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
  2. This is an opportunity of a lifetime.
  3. I’m going to tell it to you straight, even if it means bursting your balloon.
  4. Rome wasn’t built in a day.
  5. There’s nothing that we can’t do if we put our minds to it.
  6. Let’s not give up before we start.
  7. There are so many false starts, but it’s important that we don’t give up hope.
  8. There’s more than one way to skin a cat.
  9. It doesn’t have to be that way.
  10. Unfortunately we often have to learn the hard way.
  11. Let’s start tying up loose ends.
  12. All beginnings are hard.
  13. Often just when we think it will be clear sailing from here on in, POW – something unexpected comes from out of the blue to blow our well laid plans to smithereens, and suddenly it’s back to the drawing board, forcing us to rethink the whole thing through from start to finish, from soup to nuts.

Therapist with patient

In-positive / Determination
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Out-positive / Concern url

To a friend who just lost a lot of their money in the stock market

  1. I’m sorry it didn’t pan out.
  2. I think your nest-egg was your security blanket, and now you’ll just have to pick up the pieces and go on from here.
  3. This puts you in a terrible position.
  4. I don’t envy you.
  5. That’s such a shame.
  6. You look like you’ve seen a ghost.
  7. You might have to start over from square one.
  8. You’ll need all the help that you can get.
  9. After such an experience, it might turn out that you’ll never be the same.
  10. You shouldn’t have put all your eggs in one basket.
  11. It’s written all over your face.
  12. You’re lucky that it wasn’t much worse than it was.

To a friend who just lost a lot of their money in the stock market

Out-positive / Concern
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Out-neutral / Observation url

About Others - Negative-1

  1. He’s got egg all over his face.
  2. It will be on his head.
  3. He’s given her every chance.
  4. She’s taking her own sweet time.
  5. She’s a bundle of nerves.
  6. He’ll see red.
  7. The odds are against them.
  8. She dumped him like a hot potato.
  9. She’s in a state of shock.
  10. It’s hard not to feel sorry for him.
  11. He’s making life miserable for himself.
  12. He’s got a few under his belt.
  13. Who in their right mind would do something like that?
  14. They sound like a bunch of bozos.

About Others - Negative-1

Out-neutral / Observation