cry down
Britishverb
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to belittle; disparage
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to silence by making a greater noise
to cry down opposition
Example Sentences
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To many all policy is restraint; they cry down policy, and erect blundering into a virtue.
From English Secularism A Confession Of Belief by Holyoake, George Jacob
You ought, if possible, to get before the dog when you cry "down."
From The Dog by Dinks
The more protection he had the more money he could get, and consequently it would not be natural for him to cry down his own protection.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green
Did you ever hear of a grocery man endeavoring to cry down that which he wished you to buy?
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green
I think so too, but for the present it is the fashion to cry down our native wines and extol the imported.
From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.
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