TURN DOWN
VERBS
1809 — KICK to turn someone down, to reject or jilt a suitor → Amer. dial.
1941 — KICK OUT to turn someone down, to reject or jilt a suitor → Amer. dial.
1960 — ICE to turn down, to reject, to cease → African-American sl.
1980 — TAKE THE ZERO to turn down an offer, to pass something by, to reject → US students’ sl.