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outvoted — v. win more votes than an opponent; win election … English contemporary dictionary
the outvoted — index minority (outnumbered group) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
outvote — out‧vote [aʊtˈvəʊt ǁ ˈvoʊt] verb [transitive] to defeat a person or their ideas, proposals etc by voting against them: • If this Bill is outvoted, the consequences will be very serious. • Some of the smaller EU countries could combine to outvote… … Financial and business terms
outvote — [[t]a͟ʊtvo͟ʊt[/t]] outvotes, outvoting, outvoted VERB If you are outvoted, more people vote against what you are suggesting than vote for it, so that your suggestion is defeated. [be V ed] They walked out in protest after being outvoted by the… … English dictionary
outvote — /owt voht /, v.t., outvoted, outvoting. to outdo or defeat in voting: The rural districts outvoted the urban districts. The measure was outvoted by the farmers. [1640 50; OUT + VOTE] * * * … Universalium
outvote — UK [ˌaʊtˈvəʊt] / US [aʊtˈvoʊt] verb [transitive, usually passive] Word forms outvote : present tense I/you/we/they outvote he/she/it outvotes present participle outvoting past tense outvoted past participle outvoted to defeat someone or something … English dictionary
European Council — Not to be confused with the Council of the European Union or the Council of Europe. European Council Bulgarian … Wikipedia
Zunyi Conference — The Zunyi Conference was a meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in January of 1935 during the Long March. This meeting involved a power struggle between the leadership of Bo Gu and Otto Braun and the opposition led by Mao Zedong. The… … Wikipedia
Treaty of Lisbon — For other uses, see Treaty of Lisbon (disambiguation). Treaty of Lisbon Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community Type Amends existing treaties Signed 13 December 2007 Location … Wikipedia
1952 steel strike — on essentially the same terms the union had proposed four months earlier. [Marcus, Truman and the Steel Seizure Case: The Limits of Presidential Power, 1977, p. 253.] Wage control policy during the Korean WarOn February 9, 1950, Senator Joseph… … Wikipedia
