I'm also in favour so it's three to one. And thus your objection is overruled.

Yamashita is stuck with no way out. His well-thought-out project was rejected and the books he worked really hard on aren't selling.

He turned down my application.

The official informed Bob that his request for a parking permit had been rejected.

I thought it strange that the petition had been turned down.

The government turned down the request.

I regret to inform you that your application has been refused.

After all the trouble we went to in coming up with that project, it only took them a second to shoot it down in the meeting.

The chairman rejected the proposal.

The company rejected his request for a transfer.

At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach out for the ballot.

Such a proposal would only be turned down immediately.