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Phrase(s): thumbs down
1. a sign of disapproval. • The board gave our proposal a thumbs down. • The administration’s tax bill got a thumbs down in Congress. 2. disapproving; negative. • It was thumbs down, and I was disappointed. • The thumbs-down decision was a victory for good sense.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs