turn down an application

He says he's going to turn down your application.

Later, another newspaper turned down her application because, an editor told her, the last woman hired had been raped in the paper's parking lot.

Acting on this, the full board turned down his application.

They said they had never heard of an independent swim school and flatly turned down her application for a $1.2 million loan.

"We turned down his application for a matador."

Regardless, the board turned down United's application, sending it into Chapter 11.

Last November the executive committee turned down North Down's application.

One couple, who are said to have more than $1 million in assets, maintain that Citibank turned down their application for trivial reasons.

The council cannot turn down their application and registration is free.