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verb
(tr, adverb) to decide against or defeat in a votethe bill was voted down
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Words nearby vote down
votable, votaress, votary, vote, vo-tech, vote down, vote-getter, voteless, vote of confidence, vote of no confidence, vote of non-confidence
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vote down
Defeat a candidate or measure, as in The new amendment was voted down by a narrow margin. This idiom was first recorded in 1642.
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