vote someone into, out of, off something Definition

vote
noun

1. A formal indication of choice or opinion, eg in an election or debate.

Thesaurus: decision, election, balloting, will, wish, referendum, plebiscite, choice.
2. The right to express a choice or opinion, especially in a national election.

Example: Asylum seekers do not have a vote
Thesaurus: suffrage, franchise, enfranchisement.
3. A choice or opinion expressed formally, eg by a show of hands, a mark on a ballot paper, etc.

Example: a vote in favour of the motion
4. The support given by a certain sector of the population, or to a particular candidate or group, in this way.

Example: He'll attract the middle-class vote

verb voted, voting

intr
1. To cast a vote in an election

Example: Have you voted yet?
2. To decide, state, grant or bring about something by a majority of votes.

Example: They voted that the tax be abolished
Example: voted to accept the proposal
Example: voted £100 for the project
Thesaurus: enact, establish, grant, confer; ratify.
3. colloq
To declare or pronounce by general consent.
Example: The show was voted a success
4. colloq
To propose or suggest something.
Example: I vote that we go for a swim

Derivative: voter
noun

Derivative: votable
adj

Idiom: vote with one's feet

To indicate one's dissatisfaction with a situation or condition by leaving.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin votum wish, from vovere to vow.

Phrasal Verb: vote someone or something down

To reject or defeat them or it by voting.

Phrasal Verb: vote for or against something or someone

To cast a vote in favour of or in opposition to (a proposal, candidate, etc).

Phrasal Verb: vote someone in

To appoint them by voting; to elect them.
Example: voted the Green candidate in

Phrasal Verb: vote someone into, out of, off something

To appoint or elect them to or from a particular post.
Example: voted off the committee
Example: voted out of the White House

Phrasal Verb: vote someone out

To dismiss them from office.
Example: was voted out