cry down

present singular third person cries down · participle present crying down · participle past cried down · past cried down

1. archaictransitivePublicly to forbid or suppress (something).
2. archaicidiomatictransitiveTo condemn, disparage.

   ‘I, for my part, don't want to cry Sir Robert down, though he does not deal at my shop.’

   1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 346

   Synonyms: downcry

3. transitiveTo silence or overcome (somebody) by crying more loudly or forcefully.

   “The first time I saw him, I, too, was appalled. They cried me down.”

   1911, Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes, Penguin Classics, published 2007, page 313

4. idiomaticintransitiveTo cry until it is tired.