cast down
Britishverb
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Throw down, hurl to the ground, as in She cast down her coat on the grass . [Late 1400s]
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Bend down, lower, as in He cast down his eyes . [Late 1300s]
Example Sentences
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Because of budget trims, you were tasked with having to slim the cast down and scale back screen time for some veteran cast members.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025
If these questions give off a strong smell of the seminar room, do not be cast down: There is plenty of fun, and truly adorable stuff, to be consumed.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024
One more day to cast down the mighty, lift up the lowly and send the rich away.
From Salon • Aug. 27, 2023
"I see," Songmi says, her eyes cast down.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2023
Countenance cast down — yet defying Answer — he whispered: “I have never even dwellt inside myself.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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