English
Verb
en-verb|inf=to turn down|turns down|turning down|turned downCategory:English phrasal verbs
- idiom to refuse or deny
#: He turned down all our offers of help.
- idiom to reduce the amount of something by means of a control. Such as volume, heat, light, flow of water, air, etc. And so on.
#: Turn down the television so I can hear myself think.
#: When it starts to boil, turn down the heat to a simmer.
- idiom to reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction
#: Turn down the blankets to let them air out.
Usage notes
In all senses the object may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle.
Antonyms
turn up (2)
Related terms
turn over
Translations
Bulgarian: о�казвам (1), о��в��л�м (1), намал�вам (2)
Portuguese: recusar, rejeitar (1), abaixar, diminuir, reduzir (2)
Spanish: rechazar (1)
Swedish: svika (1), sänka (2), sänka volymen (2), dämpa (2)
ja:turn down
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