lobby against



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.
See also: lobby

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AlgarAL-garEnglish (Rare)
Gu&Eth;RÍ&Eth;R-Ancient Scandinavian
Jeroenyə-ROONDutch
EveretteEV-ə-rit, ev-ə-RETEnglish
Tahmasp-Ancient Persian
JĀZeps-Latvian