Kaj tu pomeni shut someone down?

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Rebecca
shut someone downje neformalni izraz, ki pomeni zavrniti, močno nasprotovati, ustaviti ali ovirati nekaj, kar se ne bi zgodilo. V tem primeru govornik uporablja izraz " I'll shut you downdeliti opozorilo o kršitvi pravil, ki jih je prejel." Primer: I wanted to go on holiday to Hawaii, but my parents didn't like my idea and shut it down immediately. (Hotel sem na počitnice na Havajih, vendar mojim staršem to ni bilo všeč in so takoj ugovarjali.) Primer: I tried to get that girl's number but she shut me down. (poskušal sem dobiti številko dekleta, vendar je bil zavrnjen)