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give lip service to |
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give/pay lip service to something to say that you agree with and support an idea or plan but not do anything to help it to succeed The company pays lip service to the notion of racial equality but you look around you and all you see are white faces. See curl lipHow to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``The school district all but abandoned these efforts of serious reform and the school district cannot give lip service to parents or the community. This is the first time that I can recall that the Bush administration has done anything but give lip service to the cause of peace between Israel and the Palestinians, usually offered as part of brief meetings at the White House, or equally short stopovers on presidential trips. People give lip service to "People are our most valuable resource," yet in worldwide research that Annunzio and her colleagues conducted, that value is being squandered, to say the very least. |
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