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
Shprintzel	-	Yiddish
Plamen	-	Bulgarian, Serbian
WitoŁD	-	Polish (Archaic)
Georgene	jawr-JEEN, JAWR-jeen	English
Alessio	-	Italian
Palmer	['pa:mə]