Go through the cases but don't accept any (7)
I believe the answer is:
decline
'go' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'through the cases but don't accept any' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'through' could be 'in' and 'in' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for decline that I've seen before include "Diminution" , "Refuse - dip" , "Fade" , "Downturn - turn down" , "go through cases" .)