vote down

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vote down

verb votes down · voting down · voted down

idiomatic, transitive To defeat (some measure or candidate) by a majority vote. His wife voted down the project the moment he suggested it.

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verb defeat by a majority vote

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@misc{vote_down_2026,
  title = {vote down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vote%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}