Meaning & use
turn down
To refuse or reject an offer, request, or invitation.
See it in a sentence
She turned down the job offer because it required relocating overseas.
He asked her to the dance, but she politely turned him down.
A note on using this word
Also commonly means to reduce the volume, heat, or intensity of something, as in turn down the music.
Words with a similar meaning
refusedecline
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Words with an opposite meaning
Another way to use it
2. phrase
To reduce the volume, heat, intensity, or level of something.
Could you turn down the thermostat before we go to bed?
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