Idioms

lobby against

lobby against (someone or something)

To try to influence someone, especially an elected official or group of elected officials, against someone or something. A number of high-profile corporations have been lobbying against the supreme court nominee. We've been lobbying against legislation aimed at tightening voter access for the last half a century.
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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
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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companies should lobby against the bans, The New York Times' Katie Conger reports, citing people familiar with the meetings.
"All actions of the Armenian lobby against Turkey harm, first and foremost, the interests of Armenians who live in poverty in Armenia itself.
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I would like the institution to lobby against such takeovers of major British engineering companies.
However, the US had rejected the propaganda of Indian lobby against this deal, he added.
Bank of England deputy governor, Andrew Bailey, said that banks should not use the press to lobby against new rules, Reuters reported.
on Wednesday to lobby against the Iran deal, a fantastic online exhibit recalls another time Orthodox rabbis gathered in the U.S.
Alejandro Garcia Padillat, alleging public funds were being used to lobby against the results of the Nov.
Abu Dhabi: A delegation representing prominent Indian expatriate organisations that visited New Delhi to lobby against Air India Express' new baggage rule was given a good hearing by senior Indian officials.
org.uk/peers/ We need as many people as possible to adopt a Lord and lobby against this unpopular NHS Bill.
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