to turn down
191
2.7
- phrasal verb
- /tɜrn daʊn/
:
bajar
- I'm going to turn this down because this is very loud.
- turn down the volume
And I said, like, can we turn these lights down, you know?
- And I said, like, can we turn these lights down, you know?
- And if you can in hypnosis, turn that down, you can try out being different.
- If it's not, then you can turn down your carbohydrate intake knob.
- No, it's been their most consistent message other than turn down that hip hop racket, you kids.
- Stop and think before you speak and turn down the volume on some of that anger.
- So what I did was I tried to turn it down to low and see what happened.
- All of his people were telling him to please turn the volume down and he refused.
- In normal cars, humble beings cars, I've turned power down.
- Although if you're yeah now maybe you can just turn it down a little bit.
- I would just say, in general, turn down the spice.
Examples
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Gary, just please turn the volume down.
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Is there any way they can turn those lights down, folks?
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And I said, like, can we turn these lights down, you know?
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So what I did was I tried to turn it down to low and see what happened.
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Can you just like please turn it down a little, you know?
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But see, if I turn this down, does the audience still hear it though?
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How do you turn the music down?
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Let me turn down the music please.
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When it arrived, he turned down the volume and changed the channel.
Fiction book (1998) -
Could you please turn down the music a bit? It's too loud.
Synonyms
802
1.0
Make something go down in position, amount, or strength
256
1.0
To make or become less warm
89
3.0
Make an amount or level lower
44
3.7
To make something less strong, for example a sound, color or feeling
42
2.0
Make people or things less noisy and less active
35
7.1
To become quiet or tell someone to stop making noise
28
1.1
Become less hot or make something less hot
17
7.4
To act in a less loud or angry way
16
4.4
Make something less strong or noticeable, for example sound and feeling
14
4.1
Make something, like a taste, sound, or plan, less strong
5
5.7
Reduce the strength of feelings or public anger
4
4.1
To make a feeling, sound, or action less strong
3
4.6
Make someone or something less noisy and calmer
Speak quietly so you do not disturb others
Turn off or lower the music quickly using a remote
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
turn + down
The sense 'to begin to decline or decrease' is directly derivable from combining a change verb 'turn' (change/shift) with the directional particle 'down' (decrease, lower); this composition follows a common English pattern (and parallels in many languages) so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning from context. Note there is potential ambiguity because 'turn down' also has a separate sense 'to refuse', but in contexts about processes or trends the downward directional reading is transparently predictable.
Etymology
Turn down comes from the simple image of turning a radio or stove knob so the sound or heat goes down. That's why it means 'make lower' or 'reduce'.