lobbyverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈlɒb.i/us/ˈlɑː.bi/C2 to try to persuade a politician, the government, or an official group that a particular thing should or should not happen, or that a law should be changed:
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- They are lobbying for tax cuts.
- We are lobbying for changes to the law on drinking and driving.
- Farmers lobbied hard against the export bans.
- They lobbied to have the head teacher removed.
- They are lobbying for better healthcare facilities.
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Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- brainwash
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- get sth out of sb
- incite
- persuasion
- preach
- press-gang
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- swing
- talk sb down
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
- work on sb
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lobbynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈlɒb.i/us/ˈlɑː.bi/lobby noun [ C ] (PRESSURE GROUP)
a group of people who try to persuade the government or an official group to do something:
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Groups of people
- alliance
- an
- assemblage
- band
- bee
- corps
- crop
- galaxy
- gang
- ginger group
- group
- grouping
- quarter
- stable
- think tank
- threesome
- throng
- tribe
- triumvirate
- wing
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lobby noun [ C ] (ROOM)
B2 the (large) room into which the main entrance door opens in a hotel or other large building
in the UK parliament, a room where someone meets a member of parliament who they have arranged to talk to, or one of the two passages that members of parliament walk through as a way of voting
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Parts of buildings: passages & entrance areas
- arcade
- archway
- concourse
- corridor
- desk
- entryway
- foyer
- gangway!
- gateway
- hall
- hallway
- marquee
- passage
- patio
- porch
- portico
- reception
- terrace
- vestibule
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