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
Durantedoo-RAHN-teItalian
Proteus-Greek Mythology
Filippos-Greek
Penka-Bulgarian
Fabianafah-BYAH-nah (Italian)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Mirjana-Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene