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
VecaVE-tsahSerbian
Damon['deimən]
Zevulun-Biblical Hebrew
Thomson['tɔmsn]
Abd Al-Kader-Arabic
Aram (2)-Armenian