vote down
Verb
Meaning
thwart the passage of
vote against
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kill a motion
he shot down the student's proposal
The faculty turned thumbs down on the candidate for the Dean position
DeWine vetoed a bill to prevent ODH from issuing widespread quarantine orders (it also would’ve given lawmakers authority to vote down any public health orders).
If we vote down the HST, they will wash their hands of it.
Trustees continue to lean toward a single bond proposition, offering the lame excuse that if they gave voters, say two choices, voters might approve the less-urgent proposition and vote down the proposition that contains the district’s vital needs.