- kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out - thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
--1 is one way to veto, blackball, negative
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- turn thumbs down, vote down - vote against; "The faculty turned thumbs down on the candidate for the Dean position"
--2 is one way to vote
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP