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show of hands
noun
- an indication of approval, disapproval, volunteering, etc., on the part of a group of people, usually made by each assenting person raising a hand.
show of hands
noun
- the raising of hands to indicate voting for or against a proposition
Word History and Origins
Origin of show of hands1
Idioms and Phrases
An informal vote made by participants holding up one hand each to indicate a choice, as in Let's have a show of hands—how many want the next meeting on a Sunday? [Late 1700s]Example Sentences
Dutton described the show of hands as a "very confronting scene" while Albanese said he has brought inflation down, wages up and added that interest rates were starting to fall, according to ABC.
So, let’s have a show of hands: How many readers who have children allowed them to sleep overnight someplace where all they had was a thin mat laid on a concrete floor, and the lights were left on all night?
A resolution to approve Reform UK’s new constitution was passed by a show of hands at the party’s conference in Birmingham.
“Colonel, we asked for a show of hands, and we’ve decided not to take that hill.”
All of the candidates, in a show of hands, said they believed Trump was the rightful winner of Georgia’s 16 electoral votes in 2020, despite no reliable evidence to contradict Democrat Joe Biden’s win.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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