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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Mind you, we do not mean for a moment to cry down the undeniable pleasure which arises from the privilege of being associated with a child of more than two years of age.
From Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams by Broun, Heywood
First Mr. Drummond comes, and talks to us as though we were doing wrong; and, then you, to cry down our honest labor, and call it suicide!
From Not Like Other Girls by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
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
Now, I say if it is possible that a man can cry down his own wares that he wishes to sell, then you may say that the statement of Rehm is natural.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green
Artists cry down our costume; forgetting that if they have not folds of drapery to paint, that is because they have in each man every limb to which they may assign its posture.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by
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