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cast down

British  

verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to make (a person) discouraged or dejected

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
cast down Idioms  

  1. Throw down, hurl to the ground, as in She cast down her coat on the grass . [Late 1400s]

  2. 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

"I see," Songmi says, her eyes cast down.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2023

His face glows for much of the episode "The Pine Barrens," cast down into a screen.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2022

Instead of clothes, she was wrapped in a towel, eyes cast down in a vacant stare, a photo taken during the visit shows.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2021

But Janie had done worse, she had cast down his empty armor before men and they had laughed, would keep on laughing.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

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