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View synonyms for cry down

cry down

verb

  1. to belittle; disparage
  2. to silence by making a greater noise

    to cry down opposition



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When all was still, he would become a Valkyrie and cry down the chimney.

Sanga-moarta tore himself madly from the grasp of his comrades and ran with a wild cry down to the pool.

The wheels were beginning to grind reluctantly when a cry down the track arrested his attention.

O charge not such untruths on God; and invent not falsehoods of his word, while you cry down man's inventions.

It was about an hour after that we heard a voice cry down to us: "Cheer up, boys, all's well."

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