measure off
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Court of Appeals on Thursday delivered a fatal blow to Initiative 82’s opponents’ attempts to keep the measure off the ballot entirely, rejecting their request for a hearing before the court’s full slate of judges.
From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2022
They unsuccessfully tried to kick the measure off the ballot in 2018.
From The Guardian • Nov. 27, 2019
State lawmakers are trying to get this measure off the ballot by Thursday’s deadline, so they are willing to swallow this as an alternative.
From Reuters • Jun. 28, 2018
“People want some basic rights,” said Alastair Mactaggart, the 51-year-old real estate developer who has put more than $2 million of his own money to get the measure off the ground.
From New York Times • May 13, 2018
The movement of the hands around the dial reassured me that I was, indeed, alive and helped me measure off the minutes until my family arrived.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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