vote down

vote down
verb
1. thwart the passage of (Freq. 1)
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kill a motion

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he shot down the student's proposal

Syn: ↑kill, ↑shoot down, ↑defeat, ↑vote out
Derivationally related forms: ↑defeat (for: ↑defeat)
Hypernyms: ↑veto, ↑blackball, ↑negative
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

2. vote against
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The faculty turned thumbs down on the candidate for the Dean position

Syn: ↑turn thumbs down
Hypernyms: ↑vote
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s PP

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vote down
To defeat or suppress by vote, or by some other means
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Main Entry:vote

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ˌvote ˈdown [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they vote down he/she/it votes down present participle voting down past tense voted down past participle voted down] phrasal verb
to stop or end something as the result of a vote
Thesaurus: to vote in an election or on a political issuehyponym
Main entry: vote

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vote down [phrasal verb]
vote (something) down or vote down (something) : to defeat or reject (something) by voting

The proposal was voted down.

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Main Entry:vote

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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