down tools (English, verb)
expansion: down tools (third-person singular simple present downs tools, present participle downing tools, simple past and past participle downed tools)
Senses:
glosses: To stop work, especially when taking industrial action.
tags: UK
idiomatic
informal
Forms:
form: downs tools
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: downing tools
tags: participle
present
form: downed tools
tags: participle
past
form: downed tools
tags: past