down tools

(British & Australian)

to refuse to work, especially because you are not satisfied with your pay or working conditions Thousands of Krakow steelworkers downed tools to demand more pay.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Flo	[fləu]
Ruperto	roo-PER-to	Spanish
David	['deivid]
Innocentius	-	Late Roman
Bronislav	brah-nee-SLAHF (Russian)	Czech, Slovak, Russian, Medieval Slavic
Katrien	kaht-REEN	Dutch