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voting down

voting down is the present participle and gerund of vote down.

Meaning of vote down

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.

Questions about voting down

What is voting down the present participle and gerund of?
Voting down is the present participle and gerund of vote down.

Words near voting down in the dictionary

  1. voting
  2. voting booth
  3. voting booths
  4. voting cap
  5. voting caps
  6. voting down
  7. voting in
  8. voting machine
  9. voting machines
  10. voting out
  11. voting slip

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