turn down
Reject an offer
Turn down has two core meanings.
To turn down an offer, request, or person is to reject or refuse: She turned down the job, He asked her out but she turned him down.
To turn down a device is to reduce its output—volume, heat, brightness: Turn down the music, Turn down the thermostat.
Request for reply
- regretsSorrows over past actions
- declineDecrease or refuse
- passMove beyond or decline
- rain checkPromise to reschedule
cancel · unavailable · prior commitment · conflict · double-booked · send regrets · bow out · beg off
lower
Reduce or move downward
quiet · hush · muffle · dampen · dim · adjust · decrease · subdue · attenuate · fade
reject
Dismiss as unsuitable
spurn · pass · nix · veto · dismiss · disapprove · say no · repudiate · disallow · snub
RSVP
Request for reply
rain check · cancel · unavailable · prior commitment · conflict · double-booked · send regrets · bow out · beg off
fold
Bend onto itself
open up · pull back · fold over · unfold · sheet · blanket · coverlet · duvet · comforter
- phrasal verbspick up, look at, wait for, get up, ask for
- turn phrasesabout face, turning point
- intensity changesincrease, decrease, intensify, amplify, diminish
- audio controlsplay, pause, stop, record, rewind
- refusalsno, decline, no thanks, refuse, nope
- rejectionrejection, reject, denial, refuse, refusal
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