All turn down synonyms
turn down
T t verb turn down
- cancel out β If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
- negate β to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- inversed β reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
- bankrupted β Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- evert β Turn (a structure or organ) outward or inside out.
- disapprove β to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- beg off β to ask to be released from an engagement, obligation, etc
- dispraise β to speak of as undeserving or unworthy; censure; disparage.
- muddying β Cause to become covered in or full of mud.
- mute β silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
- counter check β a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
- jilt β to reject or cast aside (a lover or sweetheart), especially abruptly or unfeelingly.
- countercheck β a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
- cast out β To cast out something or someone means to get rid of them because you do not like or need them, or do not want to take responsibility for them.
- dulling β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- everted β Simple past tense and past participle of evert.
- beat back β to force to retreat; drive back
- dim β DIM statement
- call on β If you call on someone to do something or call upon them to do it, you say publicly that you want them to do it.
- baulk β the space, usually 29 inches deep, between the baulk line and the bottom cushion
- inversing β reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
- disallow β to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- discommend β to express disapproval of; belittle; disparage. The diners discommended the wine.
- nutshell β the shell of a nut.
- hards β not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- hazed β an aggregation in the atmosphere of very fine, widely dispersed, solid or liquid particles, or both, giving the air an opalescent appearance that subdues colors.
- bant β string
- mark down β a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- junking β Present participle of junk.
- counter-checking β a check that opposes or restrains.
- knock down β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- banted β to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- fly in the face of β to move through the air using wings.
- invert β to turn upside down.
- junked β Simple past tense and past participle of junk.
- nixing β nothing.
- hold off β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- banting β slimming by avoiding eating sugar, starch, and fat
- decline β If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- bants β to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- flip-flopping β Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
- balk β If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
- befog β to surround with fog
- hazing β an aggregation in the atmosphere of very fine, widely dispersed, solid or liquid particles, or both, giving the air an opalescent appearance that subdues colors.
- duelling β a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- dueling β Present participle of duel.
- die hard β If you say that habits or attitudes die hard, you mean that they take a very long time to disappear or change, so that it may not be possible to get rid of them completely.
- beat off β to drive back; repel
- harding β Chester, 1792β1866, U.S. portrait painter.