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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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
V: You may see hence how injurious they are to grace who cry down the law.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
Bryan unbarred the door, and all three rushed out in the yard, when they heard the same cry down the boreheen, but could see nothing.
From Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
I mean, of course, fox-hunting, for I cannot attempt to cry down the many splendid and manly hunts of other descriptions in which the Americans carry off the palm.
From Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes by Lambert, Nannie
You Virginians are all right; you have your Washington and Morgan and the Rangers, but don’t cry down the Northern farmers in their homespun.
From Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield by Goss, John
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