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lobby
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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: against

lobby for something

to solicit support for something among the members of a voting body, such as the Congress. Tom is always lobbying for some reform bill or other. The manufacturers lobbied for tax relief.


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When the mainstream media headlines the success of the Israeli lobby, it exposes the most influential of the Washington lobbies at work.
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Asked about how likely the Arab-American lobby was to gain influence in American politics, Mearsheimer said there was no comparison between the Arab and Israel lobbies.
 
 
 
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