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thumb down

noun thumbs down

rare Rare form of thumbs down Exploiting a member's indecision are lobbyists who station themselves outside the House and Senate chambers and signal members with a thumb up or a thumb down.

verb thumbs down · thumbing down · thumbed down

To get (a passing vehicle) to stop and give one a ride, signalling to the driver by holding out one's thumb (as a hitchhiker). I was stranded in the middle of nowhere, but luckily I managed to thumb down a passing car.
To disapprove or reject.

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@misc{thumb_down_2026,
  title = {thumb down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thumb%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}