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LOGROLL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does logroll mean?
• LOGROLL (verb)
The verb LOGROLL has 1 sense:
1. work toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes
Familiarity information: LOGROLL used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it logrolls Past simple: logrolled
Past participle: logrolled
-ing form: logrolling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Work toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "logroll" is one way to...):
politick (engage in political activities)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
logrolling (act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects)
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