VOTE OUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Thwart the passage of

Example:

he shot down the student's proposal

Synonyms:

defeat; kill; shoot down; vote down; vote out

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "vote out" is one way to...):

blackball; negative; veto (vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something