(transitive) To cause to fall by shooting. / (transitive, idiomatic) To criticize a (request) to the point of preclusion.

An area of chalk downland, in southern England

An insult or barb; a snide or demeaning remark.

Alternative spelling of swansdown

Alternative spelling of swansdown

(idiomatic) A reprimand or rarely, a thrashing.

To live so as to subdue or refute. / To get used to something shameful.

(idiomatic) without much effort; easily / (idiomatic) without question; undoubtedly / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hands, down.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hand down

A railway line on which trains travel away from a major terminus. / (travel, aviation) the next and subsequent flights in an itinerary.