单词 | to gavel down |
释义 | > as lemmasto gavel down 1. transitive. To dismiss (a speaker, objection, piece of legislation, etc.) by banging a gavel; to order (a person or group) to be silent by banging a gavel. Chiefly in to gavel down. ΚΠ 1862 Cincinnati Daily Commerc. 27 Feb. Dr. Scott rose to answer, but was gaveled down. 1905 Daily People (N.Y.) 10 Aug. 2/6 Dold gaveled him down, but Hogan persisted in shrieking out the word ‘credentials’. 1913 Life & Labor (Chicago) Aug. 245/2 All amendments for any real restrictions offered, were voted down in the Senate, and gavelled down in the House, by the temporary Speaker Mr. McLaughlin. 2001 CNN (transcript of TV programme) (Nexis) 6 Jan. Vice President Al Gore gaveled down objections to Florida's electors raised by the Congressional Black Caucus during a joint session of Congress. 2005 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. (Nexis) 6 Oct. p11a The plaintiffs said Ore violated the First Amendment rights of Councilmen Gary Bledsoe and T.J. Edmonds by gaveling them at meetings. 2021 Tampa Bay Times (Nexis) 9 June Council Chair Ed Montanari twice gaveled down Blackmon during an exchange in which Blackmon and senior administration officials traded accusations of unprofessionalism. < as lemmas |
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