"go to the polls" meaning in All languages combined

See go to the polls on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-go to the polls.ogg [Australia] Forms: goes to the polls [present, singular, third-person], going to the polls [participle, present], went to the polls [past], gone to the polls [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> to the polls}} go to the polls (third-person singular simple present goes to the polls, present participle going to the polls, simple past went to the polls, past participle gone to the polls)
  1. (idiomatic) To vote. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Democracy

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for go to the polls meaning in All languages combined (1.8kB)

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