He turned his coat collar down when he got inside the house.
•Timmy had turned down his cuffs and caught one of them in his bicycle chain.
2. to decrease the volume of something. •Please turn the radio down.
•Can't you turn down that stereo?
3. to reject something; to deny someone's request. •The board turned our request down.
•She had turned down John's offer of help, too.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
turn something down — 1) reject something offered or proposed his novel was turned down by publisher after publisher 2) adjust a control on a device to reduce the volume, heat, etc … Useful english dictionary
turn something down — adjust a control on an electrical device to reduce the volume, heat, etc. → turn … English new terms dictionary
turn upside down — turn (something) upside down to change something completely. His experience in the war turned his world upside down. The crash of the dot com companies turned lives upside down. Related vocabulary: turn something on its head … New idioms dictionary
turn upside down — turn (something) upside down informal : to make (something) very untidy I turned the room upside down looking for my car keys. The house was turned upside down while the renovations were under way. often used figuratively His whole world was… … Useful english dictionary
turn something upside down — turn (something) upside down to change something completely. His experience in the war turned his world upside down. The crash of the dot com companies turned lives upside down. Related vocabulary: turn something on its head … New idioms dictionary
turn (something) on its head — 1. to use something in a completely wrong way. The basic problem is that your report turns history on its head. 2. to change something completely. I really hope that doctors and nurses can pull together and turn the system on its head. Related… … New idioms dictionary
turn something upside down — phrase to make a place very untidy while you are searching for something The police came and turned the place upside down. Thesaurus: to make things untidysynonym Main entry: upside down … Useful english dictionary
turn something on its head — If you turn something on its head, you turn it upside down or reverse it … The small dictionary of idiomes
To turn upside down — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
turn someone/something down — 1 his novel was turned down: REJECT, spurn, rebuff, refuse, decline; Brit. informal knock back. 2 Pete turned the sound down: REDUCE, lower … Useful english dictionary
turn thumbs down (on someone or something) — tv. to reject someone or something. □ The board turned thumbs down on Rocko’s application for parole. □ The committee examined the proposal and turned thumbs down … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
