Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with lobby in British Collocation
lobby
noun
countable
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
UK
/ˈlɒbi/
powerful
strong
vociferous
The whisky distillers have a very powerful lobby for their product, and urge every government to keep down the tax on whisky.
The agricultural lobby is vociferous, in the face of declining incomes on family farms.
form
join
lead
organize
Four MPs joined the lobby against the ban, forcing the government to review the case in the High Court.
group
organization
A smokers’ lobby group sent messages to politicians urging them not to support a total ban on smoking in public places.