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What does cast down mean?

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  1. (transitive, adverb) To make (a person) discouraged or dejected.
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The statue depicts the figure of a woman, hooded and cloaked, head heavy, with her eyes cast down and her chin resting on her hand.
After a brief fillip Wall Street went into retreat, cast down by sombre corporate trading news from a range of companies.
Then the boy and the girl would cast down and circle with the bottom couple.
She looked as if she was shrinking into herself, her eyes cast down at the floor.
And, while the joy which shone in his features bore witness to a clear conscience, the light of his countenance was not cast down to the ground.
I was either cast down and disappointed, or raised up and elated, depending on whether I was feeling better or worse.

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