vote into
vote (one) into (something)
To elect one into a position in public office through an official vote. Often used in passive constructions. It is the first time a candidate from a third political party has been voted into the presidency in over 70 years. We still have a number of questions we'd like answered before we feel prepared to vote him into the club.
See also: vote
vote (something) into law
To cast a ballot in favor of adopting some proposed measure as a piece of established legislation. Citizens will be asked this fall whether to vote the controversial amendment into law. A slim majority voted the proposition into law.
See also: law, vote
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
vote someone into something
and vote someone into elect someone to office or to membership in a group. The other party finally voted a candidate into office. The people voted in the new officers.
See also: vote
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
vote into
v.
1. To select someone or something by vote for some office or for membership; elect someone or something to something: You must meet certain requirements in order to be voted into the club. We voted her into office by a landslide majority.
2. To ratify or reject some legislation, so as to bring it into some state of existence: Californians must decide whether to vote these propositions into law.
See also: vote
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- promote
- promote (one) from (something) to (something else)
- tap
- tap (one) for (something)
- tap for
- tap someone
- tap someone for something
- tapping
- taps
- starve (someone or something) of (something)