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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maksimilian	-	Russian
Ditte	-	Danish
Jacobs	['dʒeikəbz]
Felix	FE-liks (German, Swedish), FAY-liks (Dutch), FEE-liks (English)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical, Biblical Lati
Jonathon	JAHN-ə-thən	English
Batbayar	-	Mongolian