what is the idiomatic expression of turn down?
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Verb. (third-person singular simple present turns down, present participle turning down, simple past and past participle turned down) (idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny. He turned down all our offers of help. (idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
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to make someone not want to do something, or to make someone not like someone or something. Lack of parking space was putting potential customers off. Robert's attitude towards women really puts me off. put someone off someone/something: I put him off the idea of going shopping with me.
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['as a preposition (followed by a noun): She was walking down the street.', 'as an adverb (without a following noun): She lay down and fell asleep.', "as an adjective: I've been feeling rather down lately."]
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Phrase. The young fail to appreciate what they experience.
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A phrase used when you are done with someones bullshit and you want them to stop talking. Usually in a rude/angry tone and/or while in an argument.
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transitive verb. : to let go by without accepting or taking advantage of pass up a chance for promotion also : decline, reject.
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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishput your foot downput your foot downa) to say very firmly that someone must do something or must stop doing something You'll just have to put your foot down and tell him he can't stay out on school nights.
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used to tell someone forcefully and quite rudely to go away: Tell him to get lost! Phrases telling people to go away. beat it! idiom.
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(informal) Expression used to imply meaning, rather than say it, such as when a person is embarrassed.
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1. used when you do not want to tell someone why you have done something. 'Why did you ask him that? ' 'No reason'.
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(idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny. ... (idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light. Turn down the television so I can hear myself think. When it starts to boil, turn down the heat to a simmer.
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(idiomatic) To turn away from someone or something, in preparation for running away; to reverse direction; to leave or flee.
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informal + impolite. 1 —used to show that one is very angry with someoneI'm not coming, so you can just go to hell! He told his boss to go to hell. 2 : to become completely ruined : to fail completely The economy is going to hell.
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If you describe someone as foul-mouthed, you disapprove of them because they use offensive words or say very rude things. adj. (disapproval)
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1 - To put your foot down - To act firmly / To tell someone strongly that they must do something or that they must stop doing something: "You can't just let him do what he wants, you'll have to put your foot down." 2 - To put your foot down - To drive faster.
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The traditional idiom is “if worst comes to worst.” The modern variation “worse comes to worst” is a little more logical. “Worse comes to worse” is just a mistake.
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(idiomatic) To behave irrationally or to lose one's self-control, especially in a distressing situation or as a result of falling in love. (idiomatic) To be dismissed from a job.