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View definitions for turn down

turn down

verb as in reject

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David Prowse, the actor who portrayed Darth Vader, wished to come back but had to turn down the role because of ill health.

Users include the Singapore navy: What small-warship commander would turn down a 1,000-foot mast?

Nowadays, such a cinematic offer would be hard to turn down.

I was ridiculously young, and the paper was offering me opportunities I could not turn down.

Lesson learned: never turn down an offer at a cocktail party.

I bought me some sateen shirts,–black, too, with turn-down collars and little bits of white stripes.

The mast is on a hinge, so that it can turn down backward, and lie along flat on the deck of the boat.

We turn down a steep path in silent awe before so great a masterpiece.

We walk on briskly and turn down a side street; here at last is what I have been looking for, and well worth finding it is too!

He would turn down unfrequented corners and sail by unfamiliar terraces, aware of nothing but the languors of effortless motion.

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On this page you'll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to turn down, such as: dismiss, rebuff, refuse, spurn, decline, and disapprove.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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