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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“You don’t mind,” she whispered, “if I cry down your neck, do you?”
From At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern by Myrtle Reed
Explode, eks-plōd′, v.t. to cry down, as an actor: to bring into disrepute, and reject: to cause to blow up.—v.i. to burst with a loud report: to burst into laughter.—p.adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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 C. Loyal
"You can cry down the cheap shops; and say why."
From Nobody by Susan Warner
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 Robert Green Ingersoll
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