cry down

verb

1. to belittle; disparage
2. to silence by making a greater noise

   to cry down opposition

Example Sentences

Then he backed away a safe distance and set the toddler — barefoot in a T-shirt and diaper and too stunned to speak or cry — down on the ground.

From Washington Post

“That was kind of our rally cry down the stretch. And then when they saw that we popped up as the 12th seed, everybody looked like, ‘Yep.

From Washington Times

“That was kind of our rally cry down the stretch. And then when they saw that we popped up as the 12th seed, everybody looked like, ‘Yep.

From Seattle Times

The battle cry “Down with the crimes of the market!”

From The New Yorker

Let’s not keep anyone in suspense — a colt named Tapwrit passed the favorite, Irish War Cry, down the stretch and legged out a two-length victory in the mile-and-a-half marathon in a final time of 2 minutes 30.02 seconds.

From New York Times

Related Words

• belittle
• decry
• defame
• degrade
• denigrate
• deride
• discredit
• dismiss
• malign
• ridicule
• scorn
• slander
• underrate
• vilify