blackball
verb (used with object)
to vote against (a candidate, applicant, etc.).
was blackballing
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past progressiveof blackball.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Recently, Tarantino got very upset on Howard Stern's radio show when he said that he thought Disney was blackballing him out of the ArcLight's Cinerama Dome.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2015
