Definition of turn down Turn down
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What does turn down mean?
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| turn down - make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio" | ||
| lower, lour | ||
| minify, decrease, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" | ||
| turn down - take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom" | ||
| worsen, decline grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened" | ||
| turn down - reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" | ||
| reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain | ||
| refuse, decline show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike" | ||
| rebuff, snub, repel reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal" | ||
| turn down - refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" | ||
| refuse, reject, pass up, decline | ||
| accept, have, take tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" | ||
| freeze off, spurn, disdain, pooh-pooh, scorn, turn down, reject express contempt about | ||
| dishonor, dishonour refuse to accept; "dishonor checks and drafts" | ||
| bounce hit something so that it bounces; "bounce a ball" | ||
| turn down - refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" | ||
| reject, turn away, refuse | ||
| allow in, intromit, let in, admit declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" | ||
| freeze off, spurn, disdain, pooh-pooh, scorn, turn down, reject express contempt about | ||
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turn down
To not accept an offer or request. -
turn down
To reduce the amount of sound, heat, or light produced by a piece of equipment by pressing a button or moving a switch. -
turn down
To fold the edge of something.
