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vote down

verb

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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kill shoot down defeat vote outturn thumbs down

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Meanings

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

present singular third person votes down · participle present voting down · participle past voted down · past voted down

idiomatictransitiveTo defeat (some measure or candidate) by a majority vote.
His wife voted down the project the moment he suggested it.
1 more example
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

Synonyms & antonyms

verbthwart the passage of

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kill shoot down defeat vote out

Broader

veto blackball negative

verbvote against

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turn thumbs down

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Also see

defeat kill shoot down vote out

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 否決 /否决

否決 /否决 (fǒujué)defeat by a majority vote

Cite this entry

APA

vote down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vote%20down

MLA

“vote down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vote%20down. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vote down,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vote%20down.

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