verb
- Thwart the passage of.
- usage: "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
- synonyms: kill, shoot down, defeat, vote out
- Vote against.
- usage: "The faculty turned thumbs down on the candidate for the Dean position"
- synonyms: turn thumbs down
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