vote down

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verb

1. thwart the passage of (Freq. 1)
- kill a motion
- 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:
- Somebody ----s something
2. vote against
- The faculty turned thumbs down on the candidate for the Dean position
• Syn:
turn thumbs down
• Hypernyms:
vote
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP