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Turn down   /tərn daʊn/   Listen
Turn down

verb
1.
Refuse to accept.  Synonyms: decline, pass up, refuse, reject.
2.
Refuse entrance or membership.  Synonyms: refuse, reject, turn away.  "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
3.
Reject with contempt.  Synonyms: disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn.
4.
Take a downward direction.
5.
Make lower or quieter.  Synonyms: lour, lower.






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"Turn down" Quotes from Famous Books



... wouldn't pay me to turn down Cartwright's job," he said. "Two hundred pounds is not a very big wad, and if we can take the boat home I reckon the salvage people would give me a good post. I must wait until I'm satisfied ...
— Lister's Great Adventure • Harold Bindloss

... with Roberts because Ralph has been here four months and has borne the heat and burden of the day, so although I only came in order to be with Roberts and Kitchener I could not ask to have Ralph recalled— They wanted me with Roberts and I wanted it but none of us could make up our minds to turn down Ralph. So I am going up on this side track on the chance of seeing Ladysmith relieved and of joining Roberts with Buller later. I shall be satisfied if I see Ladysmith fall. Fortunately I am to do a great deal of cabling for The Mail every day and that counts ...
— Adventures and Letters • Richard Harding Davis

... Erica, laughing, as the benignant expression once more came over his lips. "You really must try to turn down the corners! Your character is a silent, morose misanthrope. I am the chatter box, pure ...
— We Two • Edna Lyall

... from your house. He was standing on the corner, where you turn down to go to the woollen mill, and, as I passed him, he asked me if I wanted ...
— Lost on the Moon - or In Quest Of The Field of Diamonds • Roy Rockwood

... Pledge saw them enter very dejectedly at Mr Webster's door, where, not being anxious to disturb them, he left them and took a short turn down the shady side of High Street, within ...
— Follow My leader - The Boys of Templeton • Talbot Baines Reed


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