rubber-stamp

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rubber-stamp something

if someone rubber-stamps a decision or a plan, they give it official approval, often without thinking about it enough

Usage notes: If someone official has examined a document, they often put a special mark on it using a rubber stamp (= a small printing device made of rubber).

School governors will not simply rubber-stamp what teachers have already decided. The court was asked to rubber-stamp the Department's decision to free the men.

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It appears planning permissions are being passed due to guidance so planning committees are just rubber-stamp outfits acting as agents for others. Give us more space to live; Your Say In by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) I can't see any point in voting in the elections for Euro MPs since there is no such thing as a private member's bill in the European Parliament; the Euro MPs merely rubber-stamp decisions taken by the non-elected and corrupt European Commissioners. Letter: No point in Euro elections by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) The Tynecastle board met last night and were expected to rubber-stamp the Finnish keeper's four-year contract, which should be officially announced on Thursday. Football: HEARTS HOLD ON TO ANTTI by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			rub rub against rub at rub away rub down rub elbows rub elbows with rub in rub into rub it in rub nose in it rub off rub off on rub out rub over rub salt in a wound rub salt in the wound rub salt into wounds rub shoulders with rub the wrong way rub together rub up rub up the wrong way rub with rubber rubber-stamp Rube Goldberg rude ruffle ruffle feathers ruffle its feathers ruffle up rug rug rat ruin ruin of rule rule against rule in favor of rule of thumb rule on rule out rule over rule the roost rule with a rod of iron rule with a velvet glove rule with an iron fist ruminate about rummage rummage around rummage through			rubber wheel rubber, n dam rubber, n dam rubber, n dam rubber, n dam Rubber, Natural Rubber, Natural rubber, punch dam rubber, punch dam rubber, punch dam rubber, punch dam Rubber, Synthetic Rubber, Synthetic Rubber, Vulcanized Rubber, Vulcanized Rubber-band Rubber-band ligation Rubber-band ligation Rubber-band ligation Rubber-band ligation Rubber-Band Powered Glider rubber-base paint rubber-base paint Rubber-Bearing Plants rubber-bulb syringe rubber-covered steel conveyor rubber-emulsion paint rubber-emulsion paint Rubber-Lined Carbon Steel rubber-necking rubber-stamp rubber-stamped rubber-stamped rubber-stamped rubber-stamping rubber-stamping rubber-stamping rubber-stamps rubber-stamps rubber-stamps rubber-tired roller Rubber-Tyred Gantry crane Rubber/Plastic Industry Conference Rubberband effect rubberier rubberier rubberiest rubberiest rubberiness rubberiness rubberiness rubberise rubberised rubberises rubberising rubberize rubberize rubberized Rubberized asphalt Rubberized Asphalt Concrete Technology Center Rubberized Equipment Repair

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