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term-limit en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (informal, transitive) To remove (someone) from an elected position by limiting the number of terms they can serve.
    • Should we start being sad that he is being term-limited out of office at the end of the year? 2010 September, Ray Hartmann, "They Started the Revolution Without Us", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 69
    • Ms. Spanberger, 44, is seen as among the strongest Democratic contenders to succeed Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican who is term-limited. 2023 November 13, Luke Broadwater, “Spanberger Announces Run for Governor in Virginia, Leaving House Seat in Play”, in The New York Times:

Forms

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term-limits Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
term-limited Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
term-limited Tense=Past lexicographic
term limit alternative lexicographic
term-limiting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic