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单词 to kill a bill
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to kill a bill
b. to kill a bill (in parliament): to defeat it totally; to prevent it from passing; to veto it.
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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.
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