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
Tompkins['tɔmpkinz]
LyytiLUY:-teeFinnish
Terminus-Roman Mythology
ByrneBURNEnglish (Rare)
Jevrem-Serbian
Hildefons-Ancient Germanic