rump session

A smaller conference or meeting that occurs after a larger one. As usual, there will be a rump session in the evening following the cyber-security conference that addresses concerns specific to small-business owners. The top brass all got together for a rump session after the AGM to discuss how best to steer the company moving forward.

rump session

a meeting held after a larger meeting. A rump session continued after the meeting was adjourned. A lot of business was conducted in the rump session.

词组	rump session
释义	rump session rump session A smaller conference or meeting that occurs after a larger one. As usual, there will be a rump session in the evening following the cyber-security conference that addresses concerns specific to small-business owners. The top brass all got together for a rump session after the AGM to discuss how best to steer the company moving forward. See also: rump, session Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. rump session a meeting held after a larger meeting. A rump session continued after the meeting was adjourned. A lot of business was conducted in the rump session. See also: rump, session McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: keep (one) on the hop keep someone on the hop have a part to play Giving Tuesday occur occur to occur to (one) occur to one one minute to midnight final fling References in periodicals archive Frustrated by this lockout, I convinced some of our BfP delegation and a few US government representatives to go to [occupied] Jerusalem to convene a rump session and invite the Palestinians to join us. Why the US 'workshop' for Palestinians will fail It was Andaya who led the rump session that elected Arroyo on Monday afternoon, leading to the fray that delayed President Rodrigo Duterte's State of the Nation Address to a joint session of Congress for more than an hour. Arroyo supporters take over key House positions Never before had a dominant political party needed to deal with the farce of a rump session of minor members seeming to creep out of the woodwork. Being the lawyer that he is, Pimentel threatened to file cases against those involved in the rump session. But this is a political, not a legal, question. Dwindling Six lunchtime panel sessions and one evening rump session, at the Adam's Mark Hotel, feature lively interactive discussions on equally hot topics. High frequencies in high places Paul] Bergmoser, [Richard] Rovsek and [Armen] Avedisian held a rump session. Iacocca told us later that the commission had met and disapporved the compromise." Eleven days after the so-called rump session, he wrote Iacocca that the architectural and engineering committee though the conference center proposal was "inappropriate" and suggested that the foundation hire an architect to draft a master plan. The battle for Ellis Island; preservation vs. exploitation Sotto said Arroyo was installed in a rump session. He said the President knew it and talked to Arroyo to tell her that they should 'do it properly.' Sotto: House leadership row nearly led to Duterte walkout The IMS program includes eight focused sessions, four lunchtime panel sessions and one evening rump session. Generally, papers show a clear shift toward technology for commercial applications. Bridging the spectrum 'This will be a rump session. It's the current leadership that should reconvene us,' he said. House coup stalls signing of Bangsamoro Organic Law 'This rump session also showed a deep and major crack in the majority coalition. Alvarez: I think I'm still the House Speaker In rump sessions this early-career group expressed interest and enthusiasm for generating community projects to highlight NOAA's Weather Ready Nation initiative at local levels. Living on the real world Castro asserted that the former president's election in what certain congressmen consider as two rump sessions before and after President Duterte's third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday was valid. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo won't push 'no-elections'
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