cry down

verb — 3 senses

cry down

verb

1

Archaic Publicly to forbid or suppress (something).

2

Archaic, Idiomatic To condemn, disparage.

‘I, for my part, don't want to cry Sir Robert down, though he does not deal at my shop.’1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 346:

3

Idiomatic, Of a baby To cry until it is tired.

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