单词 | to carry one's candidate |
释义 | > as lemmasto carry one's candidate a. transitive. To gain support or approval for (a matter, issue, etc.), esp. in the face of opposition from others; to achieve a favourable result for (a person or thing). Now chiefly in to carry an election: to win an election. Also in †to carry one's candidate: to achieve victory for one's candidate.See also to carry one's point at Phrases 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > be successful with against opposition carrya1620 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [verb (transitive)] > gain control of in an election to carry an electiona1620 carry1848 sweep1892 a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. i. §5. 7 Arguments..sufficient to carry the matter. 1636 J. Davenport Apologeticall Reply 45 The choyse of officers in Corporations is done by common vote, the major part of voyces carrying the election. 1723 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 9 The magistrates, council, and several of the elders..have carried a call for Mr. John Hepburn..to a vacancy there. 1742 J. Ralph Other Side of Question 246 They carried the Court-Candidate for the Chair, by upwards of sixty. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 125 The government had been unable to carry its measures. 1997 Philadelphia Daily News (Nexis) 5 Nov. (Local section) 5 Saidel's campaign manager..said he was proud that his candidate was carried by Democrats everywhere. 2005 J. W. Loewen Sundown Towns vii. 186 One individual cannot carry the issue without at least some support from a larger public. 2012 D. H. Fischer Fairness & Freedom 156 He carried the election by sixteen votes. < as lemmas |
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