Sentences with phrase «turn it down»

Sometimes, this might mean turning down freelance work, a speaking engagement or another professional opportunity.

And let's start with the two warranties I turned down this weekend.

Though she turned him down at first, they crossed paths again a few days later and have been together ever since.

Everybody had turned it down because it was a challenge.

«When women get turned down for the top slot, it's often because they're not seen as sufficiently bold,» says Helgesen.

Revenue came in at $ 8.78 billion versus the $ 7.713 billion that had been expected but its stock lost early momentum and turned down $ 3.16 to $ 175.59.

Restaurants Who can turn down a free lunch?

These days, it's easier for me to turn down opportunities that don't fit the brand.

Yello found that 74 percent of new grads turned down an offer because it came too slowly.

By being alone you'll turn down your loudest emotions and really hear your inner voice.

He also reportedly turned down the role of Treasury Secretary, making way for another fellow Wall Streeter Steven Mnuchin.

When it came to choosing a university, he turned down an offer from Harvard and picked the University of Massachusetts, based on its NCAA track and field ranking.

Zuckerberg turned it down not because of future earnings potential.

And because the dial on these strong emotions was turned down, the students also reported feeling subtler emotions (like calmness or loneliness) more keenly.

The long - term group of averages, which are a guide to investor activity, have compressed, turned down, and have started to develop separation.

But I can't count on getting another shot to play the Garden if we turn down the current offer.

Another way to think of this is that power turns down the dial on empathy.

Snapchat co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel made international headlines in late 2013 when he turned down a $ 3 billion cash acquisition offer from Facebook.

She turned it down after learning the products were loaded with harsh chemicals.

Add free beer to the mix and you'll be hard pressed to find someone who will turn down the offer.

Finally, if like many of the small businesses who applied for credit, you've been turned down by your bank, do not despair.

Even if his case does get reviewed in a timely fashion, his bid for clemency could still be turned down.

«A lot of small businessmen take it personally if they get turned down for a bank loan,» says Leonard Leff, president of CDS Capital, a finance and factoring company in Lynbrook, N.Y. «They say, «Do I want to get another rejection?»

(Gillis ended up turning down the Dragons» offer in favour of the same amount of funding from other investors.)

I never once had to ask them to turn up the heat or turn down the music.

Mills told Doug McGregor, head of RBC's capital markets division, and then - CEO Gord Nixon that he recommended turning down Maple.

Dylan Lauren, founder of the glam candy retailer, turned down a partnership with the big - box retailer during its startup phase.

I turned it down a number of times, and they kept coming back with more money.

Sources at NBC reportedly confirmed this news with CNN, saying that requests for an interview have been turned down, but the invitation remains open should he change his mind.

He said that more people should consider that 86 % of the company «turned down a lot of money to be part of the transition to a self - organizing enterprise.»

In return, she had one year to become profitable — or she had to go get that job she turned down.

In its early days, this luxe brand Dylan's Candy Bar turned down a partnership with the big box retailer Target.

Corporate lending stalls, housing turns down, and consumer spending begins to turn down, resulting in a recession.

When Finland offered to donate its analog telephone exchange to its poorer neighbor for free, Estonia turned it down.

«Anyone who works in music will tell you that it's hard to get a gig, and to turn down gigs is silly,» says Hamilton, who was then ready to fully focus on her fund.

Ask prospects who have turned you down for referrals.

Before we hail Jefferies» Richard Handler as a hero in the CEO pay wars, consider this: He probably shouldn't have qualified for the bonus that he turned down in the first place.

Yet, 20 percent of those applying over the past 60 months reported being turned down, and 45 percent of those denied said they'd been rejected more than once.

Snapchat will regret not taking that $ 4 billion: Snapchat, an app that lets you take pictures on your phone that disappear after a few seconds, doesn't make any money, but it sure as hell turned down a lot last year.

«If business turns down, he has us lay off workers.

In July, Amazon tried to make peace with Hachette authors by offering them 100 % of digital book sales for as long as talks with Hachette dragged out — a proposal that Hachette had already turned down in negotiations.

These arguments can then easily turn down one's request for higher salary.

If your boss turns you down, that doesn't have to be the end of your discussion.

«I've turned down an exorbitant amount of money for that car,» Rawlings says.

«I turned down at least one term sheet because of terms that might not benefit the company in later stages,» says Amir Trabelsi, CEO of Genoox, a tech company that runs a genetic data analysis platform.

I turned it down but then I ran out of money, so I took the job.

«To turn down the only money that was coming in... yeah, it was crazy.»

That's one interesting theory presented in a new book about Snapchat — «How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story» — that came out this week from former TechCrunch writer Billy Gallagher.

If you know your niche and feel your charges are appropriate, have the integrity to politely turn down a counter offer.

Turning down a request for performing a service that's outside your professional capabilities will earn you respect.