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View definitions for turns down

turns down

verb as in reject

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Pink noise turns down the volume on those higher frequencies, so it sounds lower in pitch and more like the natural sound of rain or the ocean.

The Telegraph's four-star review said Sheen "is in his element here too - by turns down to earth and messianic, tender and full of clenched tenacity" and that "the death-bed climax is rousingly poignant".

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Hansen said he does not have a plan B if the Legislature follows the state parks department’s advice and turns down the house.

When deciding where to go, Herrick considers the impact his visit will have, which is why he never turns down an opportunity to visit California’s prisons.

These changes reduce how many calories someone burns each day, said Dr. Scott Hagan, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Washington who has studied obesity; losing weight “turns down the thermostat.”

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

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