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
Gerasim	-	Russian, Macedonian
LonÁN	-	Irish
Satomi	sah-to-mee	Japanese
ŠTefan	-	Slovene, Slovak, Croatian
Gottfried	GAWT-freet	German
Jane	[dʒein]