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Definition of Ram down
1. Verb. Strike or drive against with a heavy impact. "Pound on the door"
2. Verb. Teach by drills and repetition.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ram Down
Literary usage of Ram down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1867)
"I'll ram down whatever I like, and I'd thank you to show me the gun that will stand
... but what do you say if I ram down manhood suffrage and the ballot? ..."
2. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"To ram down tightly. Derb. STIMULE. ... A piece of iron used to ram down powder
for blasting rocks, &c. STIN. To groan. ..."
3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"East. STILTED, adj. Covered with dirt. Line. STIM, v. To ram down hard. Derb.
... Strong ale. to ram down powder. STIN, *. A groan. Yorksh. STINE, 1 ». ..."
4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1886)
"Eatt. STILTED, adj. Covered with dirt. Line. STIM, v. To ram down hard. Deri.
... A piece of iron used to ram down powder. STIN, ••- A groan. ..."
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