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put to the vote

put to the vote verb: to ask people to vote on a proposal.

Verb

put to the vote (third-person singular simple present puts to the vote, present participle putting to the vote, simple past and past participle put to the vote)

  1. To ask people to vote on a proposal.
    • Attempts to merge these unions in recent years have failed when put to the vote of members, but unionisation remains strong in the rail industry - not least because it has proved effective in keeping up wages.2025 August 6, Christian Wolmar, “You don't get me, I'm part of the union”, in RAIL, number 1041, page 49

Forms of put to the vote

third-person singular presentputs to the vote
present participleputting to the vote
past participleput to the vote
pastput to the vote

Questions about put to the vote

What does put to the vote mean?
Put to the vote means to ask people to vote on a proposal.
What part of speech is put to the vote?
Put to the vote is a verb.
What is the past tense of put to the vote?
The past tense of put to the vote is put to the vote.

Words near put to the vote in the dictionary

  1. put to the blush
  2. put to the horn
  3. put to the sword
  4. put to the test
  5. put to the torch
  6. put to the vote
  7. put to use
  8. put to words
  9. put to work
  10. put together
  11. put two and two together

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