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
Duri	-	Korean
Huang	-	Chinese
EinrÍ	-	Irish
Blanka	BLAHN-kah (Czech, Slovak, Polish, Croatian), BLAWN-kaw (Hungarian)	Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, Croatian
Carpenter	['ka:pəntə]
Valpuri	VAHL-puu-ree	Finnish