vote with one's feet

vote with (one's) feet

To show one's approval or disapproval of something through one's presence or absence, especially disapproval through leaving a place by walking out. After his inappropriate comment, we all voted with our feet and just walked away, leaving him standing there alone. If you want to support local businesses, you need to vote with your feet and your dollars—show up and buy stuff!

vote with one's feet

Indicate one's disapproval by walking out or emigrating, as in The service was so bad that we decided to vote with our feet, or Thousands of Hong Kong residents voted with their feet and left before the Chinese takeover . [Slang; mid-1900s]

vote with one's feet, to

To register disapproval by leaving. This slangy Americanism dates from the mid-twentieth century and, one writer speculates, may originally have referred to refugees who emigrate because they disapprove of their country’s policies or way of life.

词组	vote with one's feet
释义	vote with one's feet vote with (one's) feet To show one's approval or disapproval of something through one's presence or absence, especially disapproval through leaving a place by walking out. After his inappropriate comment, we all voted with our feet and just walked away, leaving him standing there alone. If you want to support local businesses, you need to vote with your feet and your dollars—show up and buy stuff! See also: feet, vote Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. vote with one's feet Indicate one's disapproval by walking out or emigrating, as in The service was so bad that we decided to vote with our feet, or Thousands of Hong Kong residents voted with their feet and left before the Chinese takeover . [Slang; mid-1900s] See also: feet, vote The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. vote with one's feet, to To register disapproval by leaving. This slangy Americanism dates from the mid-twentieth century and, one writer speculates, may originally have referred to refugees who emigrate because they disapprove of their country’s policies or way of life. See also: vote The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: vote with (one's) feet vote with feet vote with one’s feet vote with your feet in (one's) bad graces in someone's bad graces raise objection frown on frown on (something) give something the thumbs down References in periodicals archive The only way to get rid of him from our screens forever is to 'vote with one's feet', and switch off or change channels whenever he appears, thus affecting the ratings. The loss of Woss; Mailbag letters also appear online at www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters Mailbag One is also entitled to vote with one's feet, and frequent another parish, one with a faithful liturgy. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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