Verb has 2 senses

• vote down(v = verb.social) defeat, kill, shoot down, vote out - thwart the passage of; "he shot down the student's proposal"; "kill a motion"

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• vote down(v = verb.social) turn thumbs down - vote against; "The faculty turned thumbs down on the candidate for the Dean position"

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP