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vote down

vote down verb: to defeat (some measure or candidate) by a majority vote.

Verb

vote down (third-person singular simple present votes down, present participle voting down, simple past and past participle voted down)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To defeat (some measure or candidate) by a majority vote.
    • His wife voted down the project the moment he suggested it.
    • However, Conservative MP Lee Rowley argued the Bill was the 'wrong vehicle' for the matter, and the amendment was voted down at committee stage.2022 November 16, “Clause on disability access voted down in Parliament”, in RAIL, number 970, page 8

Forms of vote down

third-person singular presentvotes down
present participlevoting down
past participlevoted down
pastvoted down

Questions about vote down

What does vote down mean?
Vote down means to defeat (some measure or candidate) by a majority vote.
What part of speech is vote down?
Vote down is a verb.
What is the past tense of vote down?
The past tense of vote down is voted down.

Words near vote down in the dictionary

  1. vote
  2. vote bank
  3. vote banks
  4. vote blue no matter who
  5. vote buying
  6. vote down
  7. vote in
  8. vote mob
  9. vote mobs
  10. vote of confidence
  11. vote of no confidence

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