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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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 Robert Green Ingersoll
When they do so, cry "down," very slightly checking them if they do not.
From The Dog by Dinks
Suddenly he heard a loud voice cry down out of the air: “I want my head back again!”
From The Chinese Fairy Book by Richard Wilhelm
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 Nannie Lambert
To many all policy is restraint; they cry down policy, and erect blundering into a virtue.
From English Secularism A Confession Of Belief by George Jacob Holyoake
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