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
Aurea-Late Roman
DixonDIK-sənEnglish
Shayma-Arabic
BessBESEnglish
AlgerAL-jərEnglish
VsevolodFSYE-vah-laht (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian, Medieval Slavic