turn down

• Verbe à particule signifiant refuser une offre, une demande ou une invitation, ou diminuer le volume, l'intensité ou le niveau de quelque chose.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of refusing an offer, request, or invitation, or reducing the volume, intensity, or level of something.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Refuse an offerinformal

   To reject or decline an invitation, proposal, or request.

   refuser une offre

   • She turned down the job offer because of the low salary.
   • He turned down their invitation to the party.
   • They turned down my request for a loan.

   Synonymesdeclinedismissnixpass uprebuffrefuserejectspurnveto

   Antonymesacceptapprove

2. Reduce volume or intensityinformal

   To lower the volume, heat, or brightness of something.

   baisser (volume, chaleur, luminosité)

   • Please turn down the music, it's too loud.
   • He turned down the air conditioning because it was too cold.
   • She turned down the lights to create a cozy atmosphere.

   Synonymesdecreasedimlessenlowermutequietreducesoften

   Antonymesamplifyincreaseraiseturn up

Verbe de baseturn