turns down
Declines an offer
Turns down has two main senses.
The first involves reducing intensity or volume: Turn down the music.
The second means to reject or decline an offer, request, or person: She turned down the job offer, He asked her out but she turned him down.
A turned-down collar folds over on itself.
- lowersDecreases or brings down
- decreasesGrows smaller in amount
- rebuffsRejects bluntly or dismissively
- diminishesBecomes smaller or weaker
- declineDecrease or refuse
rejects · refuses · says no · deny · repudiate · cold shoulder · reduces · volume knob · mutes · suppresses · denies · attenuates · veto · knob · passes · job offer · quieter · softer