lobby against (someone or something)
lobby against (someone or something)
To try to influence someone, especially an elected official or group of elected officials, against someone or something. A number of high-profile corporations have been lobbying against the supreme court nominee. We've been lobbying against legislation aimed at tightening voter access for the last half a century.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
lobby against something
to solicit support against something, such as a piece of legislation or a government regulation. We sent a lot of lawyers to the state capital to lobby against the bill, but it passed anyway. They lobbied against the tax increase.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- lobby
- lobby against
- lobby for
- lobby for (someone or something)
- (someone or something) promises well
- (one) puts (one's) pants on one leg at a time
- a dog in the manger
- accompanied by
- accompanied by (someone or something)
- accompany