turn sth/sb down
— phrasal verb with turn /tɜːn/
/tɝːn/ verb Definition
B2 to refuse an offer or request: He offered her a trip to Australia but she turned it/him down. He turned down the job because it involved too much travelling.Refusing and rejecting
(Definition of turn sth/sb down from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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