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political football — an issue that politicians argue about and try to use for their advantage This issue is too important to be treated as a political football. • • • Main Entry: ↑football political football see ↑football • • • Main Entry: ↑political … Useful english dictionary
Political football — A political football is a political topic or issue that is continually debated but left unresolved. The term is used often during a political election campaign to highlight issues that have not been completely addressed, such as the natural… … Wikipedia
political football — a program or issue used by politicians to get votes, play political games A day care program is a political football. Politicians use it to get the votes of parents with babies … English idioms
political football — /pəˌlɪtɪkəl ˈfʊtbɔl/ (say puh.litikuhl footbawl) noun Colloquial an issue or project of social importance used as a means to gain a political advantage, especially by opposing political parties …
(a) political football — a problem that politicians from different parties argue about and try to use in order to get an advantage for themselves. We don t want the immigration issue to become a political football … New idioms dictionary
football — foot ball , n. An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather. Waller. [1913 Webster] Note: The American football is an oblate spheroid, with pointed ends. In other countries, the football is … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
football — [foot′bôl΄] n. [ME foteballe] 1. a) Brit. SOCCER b) Brit. RUGBY1 (sense 2) c) in the U.S., a game played on a field that is 100 yards long, with 2 teams of 11 players and a goal at each end: the players may attempt to score a touchdown by running … English World dictionary
football — /foot bawl /, n. 1. a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent s goal line and by place… … Universalium
football — foot|ball W2S1 [ˈfutbo:l US bo:l] n 1.) [U] BrE a game played by two teams of eleven players who try to kick a round ball into the other team s ↑goal = ↑soccer ▪ Which football team do you support? ▪ kids playing football in the street ▪ My Dad… … Dictionary of contemporary English
political — po|lit|i|cal W1S3 [pəˈlıtıkəl] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: politicus; POLITIC] 1.) relating to the government, politics, and public affairs of a country →↑politically ▪ Education is now a major political issue. ▪ a time of political… … Dictionary of contemporary English
