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cast down idiom
  1. Throw down, hurl to the ground, as in She cast down her coat on the grass. [Late 1400s]
  2. Bend down, lower, as in He cast down his eyes. [Late 1300s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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