thumbs down
nounEtymology See thumbs up.
1
A gesture signifying disapproval; a thumb pointing down out of a fist.
- He shook his head and gave a thumbs down.
2
Figuratively A rejection or refusal.
- We requested permission but got a thumbs down.
- Indeed, THC does lower damaging pressure inside the eye, but as Drs. Finny T. John and Jean R. Hausheer […] wrote, “to achieve therapeutic levels of marijuana in the bloodstream to treat glaucoma, an individual would need to smoke approximately six to eight times a day,” […]. The major eye care medical societies have put thumbs down on marijuana to treat glaucoma.2021 March 8, Jane E. Brody, “Medical Marijuana Is Not Regulated as Most Medicines Are”, in The New York Times:
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