canvass
verb (used with object)
to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
am canvassing
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present progressiveof canvass (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It has been said that I am canvassing for a seat elsewhere.
From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding
I am canvassing for the cause of liberty against slavery, as better men have done before me in this very house.
From An American Politician by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
