单词 | to kill a bill |
释义 | > as lemmasto kill a bill b. to kill a bill (in parliament): to defeat it totally; to prevent it from passing; to veto it. ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)] > defeat or veto a bill to throw out1604 lose1663 to kill a bill1832 1832 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers 14 Apr. (1884) II I have just had Haddington with me. He is confident of killing the bill. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. vi. 75 By ‘killing’ more bills than all his predecessors put together had done, Mr. Cleveland raised himself in public opinion. < as lemmas |
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