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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pull a lever en · VERB

Etymology

In reference to older voting machines where a lever was pulled to vote for each candidate choice.

Meanings

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, lever.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To vote.
    • You may dislike much about a candidate, but God calls us to make the hard choice and pull a lever for one or the other—even if it means voting less for a candidate than against another. 2020, Stephen E. Strang, God, Trump, and the 2020 Election:
    • She tried to pull a lever for the mainstream candidate and it wouldn't work. 2007, Mark Crispin Miller, Fooled Again:

Forms

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pulls a lever Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
pulled a lever Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pulled a lever Tense=Past lexicographic
pulling a lever Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic