outvoteverb [ T usually passive ]
uk/ˌaʊtˈvəʊt/us/ˌaʊtˈvoʊt/to defeat someone by winning a greater number of votes:
The Democrats were outvoted, as usual.
informal I suggested that we go out for a pizza, but I was outvoted (= most people did not want to).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Elections
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absolute majority
- abstain
- abstention
- aye
- first-past-the-post
- franchise
- general election
- gerrymandering
- go to the country idiom
- nominate
- rigging
- safe
- scrutineer
- secret ballot
- show of hands
- spoil
- stump
- vote of confidence
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