turn sth/sb down
— phrasal verb with turn uk/tɜːn/us/tɝːn/verb
B2 to refuse an offer or request:
He offered her a trip to Australia but she turned it/him down.
He turned down the job because it involved too much travelling.
More examples
- She turned down the opportunity to work in Paris.
- He asked her to marry him, but she turned him down.
- I heard that he turned down a knighthood.
- He turned down the chance to have his own exhibition.
- Would you turn down the chance to meet Nelson Mandela?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Refusing & rejecting
- abnegate
- blow
- bugger
- damned
- demur
- derecognize
- disclaim
- door
- override
- react against sth
- refusal
- shoot
- shun
- sit
- sit sth out
- throw
- veto
- vote sth down
- wash
- wild horses wouldn't drag me idiom
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