cry down
Example Sentences
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First Mr. Drummond comes, and talks to us as though we were doing wrong; and, then you, to cry down our honest labor, and call it suicide!
From Not Like Other Girls by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
When they do so, cry "down," very slightly checking them if they do not.
From The Dog by Dinks
Bryan unbarred the door, and all three rushed out in the yard, when they heard the same cry down the boreheen, but could see nothing.
From Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
The more protection he had the more money he could get, and consequently it would not be natural for him to cry down his own protection.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green
To make rattle; to scold vociferously; to cry down.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
