turn down
To make something quieter or cooler, or to say no to something offered to you.
Meanings
To reduce the level, volume, temperature, or intensity of something by adjusting a control.
"Could you turn down the music? I'm trying to sleep."
To refuse or reject an offer, invitation, request, or person.
"She turned down the job offer because the salary was too low."
To fold the top part of bedcovers, a collar, or page downward.
"She turned down the corner of the page to mark where she had stopped reading."
Two core meanings: (1) adjusting a dial/control downward, (2) rejecting an offer or person. Both are extremely common in everyday English. In job interviews and dating contexts, 'being turned down' is the standard way to express rejection.
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