单词 | to vote with one's feet |
释义 | > as lemmasto vote with one's feet P3. to vote with one's feet: to indicate an opinion by one's presence in or absence from a place, institution, or activity. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > express choice [verb (intransitive)] > by presence or absence to vote with one's feet1923 1923 Bakersfield Californian 18 June (6 o'clock ed.) 5/3 Did you not see that the Moujik voted against war?.. He voted with his feet... He ran away from the front. 1972 M. Jones Life on Dole vii. 56 Welshmen, in fact, were voting with their feet against the hopelessness that surrounded them. Those who were qualified scattered themselves across England. 1985 Times 7 Jan. 15/1 With another 16,000 to 20,000 miners returning to work an effective majority would have voted with its feet to end the strike. 2019 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 2 Jan. (Letters section) 24 I am intrigued by the claim that South Australians ‘voted with their feet’ in favour of Boxing Day shopping. < as lemmas |
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