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show of hands

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show of hands
a display of raised hands [in a group of people] that can be counted for the purpose of votes or surveys. We were asked to vote for the candidates for captain by a show of hands. Jack wanted us to vote on paper, not by a show of hands, so that we could have a secret ballot.
See also: hand, show
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A lot of councillors were saying they opposed it but when it came to a show of hands there was only a few who had the nerve to stand up to the bullies.
Anger over plans for Tesco on pub site by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
At the last public meeting a vote by show of hands resulted in 235 voting against and five votes for the sale.
Land sale not popular; VIEWPOINTS by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
Workers voted by a show of hands to go back to work at a mass meeting outside the Lindsey oil refinery in north Lincolnshire this morning after union officials recommended they accept an agreement thrashed out during marathon talks last week.
Back to work for strikers by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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