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
Howard['hauəd]
Suzannasoo-ZAN-əEnglish
Vasilka-Bulgarian, Macedonian
Esmail-Persian, Arabic
Antiochos-Ancient Greek
JebJEBEnglish