Значення:
1) відхилити, відкинути, відмовити
Синоніми: to reject, to decline, to refuse, to spurn
Приклад: I never turn down requests for interviews. I’m just rarely asked. (Bob Ross)
Let’s face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down. (Stephen Fry)
2) зменшити, зменшити (інтенсивність, гучність, звук)
Синоніми: to reduce, to turn low
Приклад: I went to my friend’s house one day, and he had an electric guitar he had just bought with a tiny little amp. I turned the volume down to 5 and I hit one chord, and I said, i’m in love. (Ace Frehley)
Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames. (Thomas Moore)
3) відвернути, загнути(ся) вниз, відігнути
Синоніми: to turn aside
Приклад: On my high school yearbook, they used the wrong picture. They were supposed to use the picture of me with a nice suit on. They used with me my collar turned down, in a and white fuchsia striped shirt. (Ice Cube)
Перевірте себе: When I first decided to open a restaurant, I was turned down by several banks because
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