à bas
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of à bas
Literally, downwards, toward (the) lower (part, location); cf. abase
Example Sentences
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Yesterday evening, notwithstanding the cold, there were groups on the Boulevards shouting "à bas Trochu."
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchere
They clinked glasses and pledged each other in French and English and broadest Scotch, with a "Hell to the Kaiser!" and "à bas Guillaume!"
From The Soul of the War by Philip Gibbs
The cries of "Les agents! à bas les agents!" had suddenly carried him elsewhere on the field of battle.
From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Charles Theodore Murray
If any shouts were uttered of "Vive le Roi," they were drowned in the cry which seemed to burst from all lips, "Vive la Réforme! à bas les Ministres!"
From Louis Philippe Makers of History Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
The pass-word of this league is à bas le mérite.
From The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life by T. Bailey (Thomas Bailey) Saunders
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