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.
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  • lobby
  • lobby against
  • lobby for
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  • accompanied by
  • accompanied by (someone or something)
  • accompany