down tools
UKDefinition
› to refuse to continue working, especially because you are not satisfied with your pay or working conditions: The printers are threatening to down tools if the pay offer is not increased to eight percent.Industrial action
(Definition of down tools from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- blackleg noun
- cooling-off period noun
- demarcation dispute noun
- direct action noun
- general strike noun
- lightning strike noun
- lock sb out phrasal verb (STOP WORKING)
- picket line noun
- picket noun
- picketer noun
- strike noun (STOP WORK)
- strike pay noun
- strike verb (STOP WORK)
- strikebreaker noun
- striker noun (STOP WORK)
- sympathy noun (SUPPORT)
- walk out phrasal verb (STOP WORK)
- walkout noun
- wildcat strike noun
- work-to-rule noun
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