Meaning of down tools | Babel Free
Definitions
To stop work, especially when taking industrial action.
UK, idiomatic, informal
Examples
“But when railway workers downed tools almost a year later, on September 26 1919, Britain was in many ways still a country at war.”
“In Coventry, 300 GMB members plan to down tools over long hours, bad management and a 50p-an-hour pay rise[.]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.