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: to turn thumbs down on : reject thumbed down one request that it print the whole Bible, chapter by chapter — Newsweek

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“Thumb down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thumb%20down. Accessed 23 Jan. 2021.

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