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vote down in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. thwart the passage of
    "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
    kill  shoot down  defeat  vote down  vote out 
  2. vote against
    "The faculty turned thumbs down on the candidate for the Dean position"
    turn thumbs down  vote down 
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vote down in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) (transitive/idiom) To defeat (some measure or candidate) by a majority vote.
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