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

The man did not know who he was, but begged him to write his vote down on the shell, for he had never even learned to read.

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Can it be that forty English freemen can't vote down twelve masters?

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He must have been disgusted that the Burgesses were too cowardly to vote down a resolution requesting the governor not to resign.

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Meanwhile the gang sits smilingly by, under instructions to vote down all amendments.

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We believe now that we shall be able to defeat action, if not vote down the measure.

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