单词 | vote early and often |
释义 | > as lemmasvote early and (vote) often P1. Originally and chiefly U.S. vote early and (vote) often: used humorously or ironically to imply cheating during elections. ΚΠ 1856 Boston Daily Atlas 13 Nov. ‘Did ye vote yesterday, Michael?’ ‘Sure I did, according to the instructions.’ ‘An' what were the instructions?’ ‘Didn't you hear them?—vote early and often’. 1952 Irish Times 9 Sept. 3/5 Mr. Neill said that the old slogan of ‘Vote early and vote often’ was accepted as what one's opponent was trying to achieve. 2013 E. C. Hoffman Amer. Umpire v. 137 Party machines organized voters and encouraged immigrants to ‘vote early and often’. < as lemmas |
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