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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From a hundred mean and dishonest Artifices employ'd to discredit this Edition, and to cry down its Editor, I have all the Grounds in nature to beware of Attacks.
From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by Smith, David Nichol
It was to their interest to cry down the equivalence of silver; they paid less and received more.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur
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.
“You don’t mind,” she whispered, “if I cry down your neck, do you?”
From At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern by Reed, Myrtle
Suddenly he heard a loud voice cry down out of the air: “I want my head back again!”
From The Chinese Fairy Book by Wilhelm, Richard
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