to turn down
312
2.9
- phrasal verb
- /tɜrn daʊn/
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- No, he turned it down twice, which is fine.
- turn down a request
- turn down an offer
- turn down an invitation
I made a sale and I've been turned down so much.
- I made a sale and I've been turned down so much.
- It, it made me turn down certain roles.
- The greatest offer of my life I turned down because I was broke.
- We have a saying at CIA that it's OK to get turned down but not turned in.
- Oh, in Amazon, I've turned down millions.
- Also, don't turn a lady down in the throes of passion.
- And if you take risks, you're going to be turned down, you're going to be refused.
- But yeah, I mean, I've, I've turned a few down, I guess.
- Because when people feel loyal to the company, they turn down jobs that offer them more money.
- He's he, he shouldn't have turned him down, but he did.
- And then I really pissed him off because I turned down that job too.
Examples
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They say she turned him down.
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When I tried to get serious with her, she turned me down flat.
Fiction book (1994) -
OK, Why did you turn down big jobs?
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I mean, nobody was going to turn down a movie deal.
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The greatest offer of my life I turned down because I was broke.
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I heard you turned down a promotion.
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I turned down marriage proposals without even a thought.
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We got a really good offer we couldn't turn down.
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He just turned down the offer.
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She decided to turn down the job offer because it didn't match her career goals.
Synonyms
839
1.9
Refuse to accept someone or something
716
1.7
To say no to a request or offer
423
1.6
To refuse to let someone have something
332
3.0
To refuse to accept an idea or claim
272
3.4
To say no politely to an offer or invitation
77
2.8
Refuse someone entry to a place or group
63
4.1
To choose not to accept a good offer or chance
33
8.2
To refuse to accept or be linked to something
31
3.8
Say no to an idea or plan in a sudden, strong way
26
7.7
To refuse a person or an offer in a rude way
19
6.6
Politely say no now but suggest doing it another time
18
4.2
Reject a proposal or plan because more people say no
16
3.9
To refuse to allow something, usually by an official rule
5
9.5
To treat an idea or opinion as unimportant and not worth taking seriously
3
4.8
Refuse a request or offer in a blunt way
1
7.0
To show that you do not agree with or support something
To say no to an idea or plan without giving a reason
Antonyms
How Rejected
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 may come from the image of someone moving an offered thing or their body away when they do not want it. That's why it means 'refuse' or 'reject'.