vote down

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to decide against or defeat in a vote

   the bill was voted down

Idioms and Phrases

Defeat a candidate or measure, as in The new amendment was voted down by a narrow margin. This idiom was first recorded in 1642.

Example Sentences

If the budget is voted down, it would trigger early elections.

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Yoon plunged South Korea into political crisis when he sought to subvert civilian rule in December last year, sending armed soldiers to parliament in a bid to stop lawmakers voting down his martial law declaration.

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Institutional Shareholder Services, one of the proxy advisers that urged passive funds to vote down the compensation package, said it had concerns about the magnitude and design of the “astronomical” stock award.

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The activist’s bet would be that Kimberly-Clark stock would rally if the deal is voted down by shareholders.

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Though some Republicans in Congress have objected to the military actions so far, the Senate in early October voted down a resolution that would have prevented further strikes in the Caribbean.

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