0 present participle of down --
3 to defeat someone, especially in sport: --
Now they are downing the sick.
Downing, the tenant was evicted by order of the court, or was given notice of eviction that the court was prepared to sustain.
At that time, he said, they were downing the waitresses.
The macho image of downing as many pints in as little time as possible must go.
It is not simply a workshop to which they come, downing tools at four o'clock or eight o'clock regardless of the patients.
It does not cause an immediate downing of tools.
This is far more typical of what goes on in industry than the actual downing of tools.
I should not like anybody to think that we were downing those who have a sense of adventure.
