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Meaning of cry down | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Publicly to forbid or suppress (something).
    archaic, transitive
  2. To condemn, disparage.
    archaic, idiomatic, transitive
  3. To cry until it is tired.
    idiomatic, intransitive

Examples

“‘I, for my part, don't want⟳ to cry⟳ Sir Robert down, though he does not deal⟳ at my shop⟳.’”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

cry foul cry from the housetop cry from the housetops cry from the rooftop cry from the rooftops cry halves

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