Turn down meaning
Turn down is a phrasal verb with 3 meanings. One of them is to refuse an offer, request, invitation, or application.
- Past simple
- turned down
- Past participle
- turned down
- -ing form
- turning down
What turn down means
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To refuse an offer, request, invitation, or application
She turned down the job because of the long commute.
2 more meanings of turn down are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With turn: turn off, turn on, turn out, turn up.
With down: let down, put down, slim down, go down, come down, break down, take down, keep down, set down, tie down.
Common questions
What does turn down mean?
It has 3 meanings. One of them is to refuse an offer, request, invitation, or application. The other 2, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of turn down?
Turned down, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
