Meaning

1 senses

  1. (UK, idiomatic, informal)To stop work, especially when taking industrial action.

Forms

downs tools, downing tools, downed tools, downed tools
Base formdown tools · to down tools
3rd person singulardowns tools
Present participledowning tools
Past simpledowned tools
Past participledowned tools

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydown tools
he, she, itdowns tools

Past simpleLesson

all personsdowned tools

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave downed tools
he, she, ithas downed tools

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill down tools

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
downA1downbeatdowncast
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