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LOGROLL
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they logroll ... 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)
