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Princeton's WordNet

  1. kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote outverb

    thwart the passage of

    "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"

  2. turn thumbs down, vote downverb

    vote against

    "The faculty turned thumbs down on the candidate for the Dean position"

Wiktionary

  1. vote downverb

    To defeat (some measure or candidate) by a majority vote.

ChatGPT

  1. vote down

    To vote down means to reject or dismiss something by majority vote. It's often used in parliamentary or legislative meetings to refer to the act of voting against a proposed policy, law, or motion. It symbolizes disagreement or disapproval of something under consideration.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vote down in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vote down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of vote down in a Sentence

  1. Michael Li:

    But in a world where Democrats have sole control of the process, the Democrats have an incentive to vote down the commission maps.

  2. Tony Evers:

    Every step of the way, our statewide strategies to contain this virus and prevent the spread have been met with lawsuits, political rhetoric and obstruction, unfortunately, that happened again today when Republicans in the Legislature came in to vote down our state's public health emergency and end requiring face coverings in public places.

  3. Glen Bolger:

    I think what it does is it helps North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis with the Trump voters who might not vote down ticket, but now suddenly see,' Oh, the Senate's an important fight.'.


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