He had turned down the offer of the same position in 2006.

He turned down other jobs, in the hope of getting this one.

It was worked on for four years, but ultimately turned down in 1761.

He turned it down in an attempt to make out the words, but they had stopped.

I'd turn it down in a minute if he'd given me a choice.

But his application was turned down in 1985, 1986 and 1991.

He's turned down his food two days in a row.

The request was turned down in a vote 41 to 12.

"It's hard to turn down that kind of business in this economy."

Perhaps you should ask yourself why so many applications are turned down in the first place.