vote sth down

— Phrasal Verb with vote

/vəʊt/ verb [I or T] GOVERNMENT, MEETINGS

Definition

› to stop something such as a law or plan by voting against it: Shareholders voted down three pay-related proposals.

(Definition of vote sth down from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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