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lobby up

lobby up verb: to hire one or more lobbyists; to become active in lobbying to ensure a particular outcome.

Verb

lobby up (third-person singular simple present lobbies up, present participle lobbying up, simple past and past participle lobbied up)

  1. (intransitive) To hire one or more lobbyists; to become active in lobbying to ensure a particular outcome.
    • The company lobbied up after losing the lawsuit.
    • With sales declining, the software industry lobbied up.

Forms of lobby up

third-person singular presentlobbies up
present participlelobbying up
past participlelobbied up
pastlobbied up

Questions about lobby up

What does lobby up mean?
Lobby up means to hire one or more lobbyists; to become active in lobbying to ensure a particular outcome.
What part of speech is lobby up?
Lobby up is a verb.
What is the past tense of lobby up?
The past tense of lobby up is lobbied up.

Words near lobby up in the dictionary

  1. lobby correspondents
  2. lobby fodder
  3. lobby group
  4. lobby groups
  5. lobby out
  6. lobby up
  7. lobbycon
  8. lobbyconned
  9. lobbyconning
  10. lobbycons
  11. lobbyer

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