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Phrase(s): vote someone or something down to defeat someone or something in an election. • The community voted the proposal down. • They voted down the proposal.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Defeat a candidate or measure, as in The new amendment was voted down by a narrow margin. This idiom was first recorded in 1642.
American Heritage Idioms