thumbs down
See also: thumbs-down
English
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editEtymology
editSee thumbs up.
Noun
editthumbs down (plural thumbs downs or thumbs down)
- A gesture signifying disapproval; a thumb pointing down out of a fist.
- He shook his head and gave a thumbs down.
- A rejection or refusal.
- We requested permission but got a thumbs-down.
- 2021 March 8, Jane E. Brody, “Medical Marijuana Is Not Regulated as Most Medicines Are”, in The New York Times[1]:
- 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.
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editVerb
edit- third-person singular simple present indicative of thumb down