- vote down
- [ʹvəʋtʹdaʋn] phr v
провалить, отклонить (при голосовании)
to vote smb. down - провалить /не избрать/ кого-л. на выборах
the proposal was voted down - предложение было отвергнуто
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
vote down
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vote down — index disapprove (reject), fight (counteract) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
vote down — verb 1. thwart the passage of (Freq. 1) kill a motion he shot down the student s proposal • Syn: ↑kill, ↑shoot down, ↑defeat, ↑vote out • Derivationally related forms … Useful english dictionary
vote down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms vote down : present tense I/you/we/they vote down he/she/it votes down present participle voting down past tense voted down past participle voted down to stop or end something as the result of a vote … English dictionary
vote down — PHRASAL VERB If people vote down a person or their proposal, they reject that person or proposal, usually as a result of a formal vote. [V P n (not pron)] The Congress voted down a motion to change the union s structure... [V n P] If he demands… … English dictionary
vote down — verb To defeat (some measure or candidate) by a majority vote. His wife voted down the project the moment he suggested it … Wiktionary
vote down — defeat in a vote The proposal to extend the opening hours of bars was voted down in the election … Idioms and examples
vote down — reject by a majority vote … English contemporary dictionary
vote down — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. put down, decide against, refuse, blackball, veto; see also deny … English dictionary for students
vote — [vōt] n. [LME (Scot) < L votum, a wish, vow < neut. of votus, pp. of vovere, to vow < IE base * ewegwh , to speak solemnly, vow > Sans vāghát, one who vows, Gr euche, a vow, prayer] 1. a) a decision by a group on a proposal,… … English World dictionary
vote — vote1 W3S3 [vəut US vout] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in election/to support)¦ 2 vote somebody into/out of power/office/parliament etc 3¦(choose for prize)¦ 4¦(money)¦ 5 vote something a success/the best etc 6 I vote ... 7 vote with your wallet 8 vote with your … Dictionary of contemporary English
vote out — verb thwart the passage of kill a motion he shot down the student s proposal • Syn: ↑kill, ↑shoot down, ↑defeat, ↑vote down • Derivationally related forms: ↑defeat … Useful english dictionary
