as in dismissed
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
she cried down any party to which she wasn't invited
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Johnson is among six people featured by Pam Bondi whose cases have now been dismissed.
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Joe Root, Jofra Archer, Matthew Fisher and Josh Tongue were dismissed in two double-wicket maidens by Henry.
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These behaviors are often minimized as personality quirks or generational differences.
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Highlight details are more vivid and color bleeding is minimized.
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The contractors talked down to me.
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Others described feeling they were being talked down to.
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With encouragement from Kincaid, Lee, 49, began by planting small sages that would grow quickly and help prevent erosion, since water, mulch and rain often ran down the hillside to the sidewalk.
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Diamondbacks center fielder Jorge Barrosa ran down five fly balls by Dodgers hitters.
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But Kesselring’s role was further diminished when Buffalo acquired defensemen Logan Stanley and Luke Schenn from the Winnipeg Jets at the trade deadline in March.
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Since then, our evenings have been brighter and our melatonin diminished.
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Rutte confirmed the drawdown but played down its impact.
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Claims of an arrangement along those lines have been played down at the Newcastle end.
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“Cried down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cried%20down. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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