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
Amram	AM-ram (English), ahm-RAHM (Hebrew)	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Hebrew
Suzu	soo-zoo	Japanese
Rasha	-	Arabic
Antigone	an-TIG-ə-nee (English)	Greek Mythology
RomÁNa	-	Hungarian
Oedipus	ED-i-pəs (English), EED-i-pəs (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)