decline

/dɪˈklaɪn/ verb

Translation

REFUSE [I, T] formal › If you decline something, you refuse it politely.

geri çevirmek, reddetmek

She declined his offer of a lift. [+ to do sth] He declined to comment.1185

BECOME LESS [I] › to become less in amount, importance, quality, or strength

(miktar, önem, kalite, güç vb.) düşmek, azalmak

Sales of records have declined steadily.1811

(Definition of decline verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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