to fold the edge of something
to not accept an offer or request
to reduce the amount of sound, heat, or light produced by a piece of equipment by pressing a button or moving a switch
Can you turn the music down a bit?
How could you turn down such a fantastic job?
I don’t believe it: he turned me down flat!
Scant information which we have to wring out of you and you turn down the offer of the Lagos fraud squad.
The lights were turned down low.
The top sheet had been neatly turned down.
Whoever would have thought at the pub last night that I'd turn down Jack Howard?
You see, if you decide to turn down my generous offer, I will have to destroy you three.
`Lettie has to go into all the bedrooms every night to turn down the covers.
turns down
turning down
turned down
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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