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Noun turn down has 1 sense
- nonacceptance, turndown - the act of refusing an offer; "the turndown was polite but very firm"
--1 is a kind of rejection
Verb turn down has 5 senses
- refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline - refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
Sample sentence:
They turn down the money
- reject, turn down, turn away, refuse - refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down - reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
--3 is one way to refuse, decline
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- turn down - take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"
--4 is one way to worsen, decline
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- turn down, lower, lour - make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"
--5 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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