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thumbs down

 

1. a sign of disapproval. The board gave our proposal a thumbs down. The administration's tax bill got a thumbs down in Congress.

2. disapproving; negative. It was thumbs down, and I was disappointed. The thumbs-down decision was a victory for good sense.

See also: down, thumb

thumbs down

1. n. a sign of disapproval. (see also turn thumbs down (on someone/something).) The board gave our proposal a thumbs down.

2. mod. disapproving; negative. It was thumbs down, and I was disappointed.

See also: down, thumb