turn down
phrasal verbturn somebody/something down
- to reject or refuse to consider an offer, a proposal, etc. or the person who makes it
- Why did she turn down your invitation?
- He has been turned down for ten jobs so far.
- He asked her to marry him but she turned him down.
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turn something down
- to reduce the noise, heat, etc. produced by a piece of equipment by moving its controls
- Please turn the volume down.
- + adj. He turned the lights down low.