The bank turned down their request for a loan.
Go ahead and ask her out, if you're prepared for her to turn you down.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
turn down — verb 1. refuse to accept (Freq. 5) He refused my offer of hospitality • Syn: ↑refuse, ↑reject, ↑pass up, ↑decline • Ant: ↑accept ( … Useful english dictionary
turn down someone — turn down (someone/something) to refuse to accept or agree to something, or to someone s idea. The bank turned down their request for a loan. Go ahead and ask her out, if you re prepared for her to turn you down … New idioms dictionary
turn down — (someone/something) to refuse to accept or agree to something, or to someone s idea. The bank turned down their request for a loan. Go ahead and ask her out, if you re prepared for her to turn you down … New idioms dictionary
turn down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms turn down : present tense I/you/we/they turn down he/she/it turns down present participle turning down past tense turned down past participle turned down 1) to not accept an offer or request How could you turn … English dictionary
turn down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you turn down a person or their request or offer, you refuse their request or offer. [V n P] Before this I d have smiled and turned her down... [V n P] I thanked him for the offer but turned it down... [V P n (not pron)] Would… … English dictionary
turn down — verb a) To refuse, decline, or deny. He turned down all our offers of help. b) To reduce the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light … Wiktionary
turn down — 1) reduce the loudness, brightness or force of something I went over to my next door neighbor and asked him to turn down his stereo. 2) refuse to accept, reject The union turned down the company offer of more money but no change in working… … Idioms and examples
To turn down — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
turn someone/something down — 1 his novel was turned down: REJECT, spurn, rebuff, refuse, decline; Brit. informal knock back. 2 Pete turned the sound down: REDUCE, lower … Useful english dictionary
turn down — /ˌtɜ:n daυn/ verb to refuse something ● The board turned down the proposal. ● The bank turned down their request for a loan. ● The application for a licence was turned down. ● He turned down the job he was offered … Dictionary of banking and finance
