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9 PHRASE If you vote with your feet , you show that you do not support something by leaving the place where it is happening or leaving the organization that is supporting it. □  Thousands of citizens are already voting with their feet, and leaving the country.

10 PHRASE If you say ' I vote that ' a particular thing should happen, you are suggesting that this is what should happen. [INFORMAL ] □  I vote that we all go to Holland immediately.

11 PHRASE One man one vote or one person one vote is a system of voting in which every person in a group or country has the right to cast their vote, and in which each individual's vote is counted and has equal value. □  We have a democratic voting system of one man one vote.

▸  vote in PHRASAL VERB If people vote in a particular person or political party, they give enough votes to that person or party in an official election for them to hold a position of power. □ [V n P ] If he fails, then he will have little excuse in the eyes of those who voted him in. □ [V P n] The members of the national assembly will vote in a prime minister by a simple majority.

▸  vote out PHRASAL VERB If people vote out a particular person or political party, they give that person or party so few votes in an official election that they no longer hold a position of power. □ [V n P ] And if the President doesn't make things better, other voters say, we'll vote him out, too. □ [V n P + of ] They cannot join forces to vote her out of office. □ [V P n] And of course we all know we can vote out our councillors. SYNONYMS vote NOUN 1

poll:Polls show that the European treaty has gained support in Denmark.

election:…the first fully free elections for more than fifty years.

ballot:The result of the ballot will not be known for two weeks.

referendum:Estonia said it too planned to hold a referendum on independence.

vo te of co n|fi|dence (votes of confidence )

1 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A vote of confidence is a vote in which members of a group are asked to indicate that they still support the person or group in power, usually the government. □ [+ in ] The Prime Minister lost a vote of confidence in Parliament.

2 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A vote of confidence is something that you say or do which shows that you approve of or support a person or a group. □ [+ in ] The merger represented a vote of confidence in Internet stocks.

vo te of no co n|fi|dence (votes of no confidence ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] A vote of no confidence is a vote in which members of a group are asked to indicate that they do not support the person or group in power, usually the government. □ [+ in ] The opposition has called for a vote of no confidence in the government.

vo te of tha nks (votes of thanks ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] A vote of thanks is an official speech in which the speaker formally thanks a person for doing something. □ [+ to ] I would like to propose a vote of thanks to our host.

vot|er ◆◆◇ /voʊ tə ^r / (voters ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] Voters are people who have the legal right to vote in elections, or people who are voting in a particular election. □  Austrian voters went to the polls this weekend to elect a successor to the President.

vouch /vaʊ tʃ/ (vouches , vouching , vouched )

▸  vouch for

1 PHRASAL VERB If you say that you can or will vouch for someone, you mean that you can guarantee their good behaviour. □ [V P n] Kim's mother agreed to vouch for Maria and get her a job.