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lobby

 
Noun lobby has 2 senses
  1. anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule - a large entrance or reception room or area
    --1 is a kind of room
    --1 is a part of building, edifice
    --1 has particulars: narthex
  2. lobby, pressure group, third house - a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
    --2 is a kind of political unit
    --2 has particulars: National Rifle Association, NRA
    Derived form: verb lobby1
Verb lobby has 1 sense
  1. lobby, buttonhole - detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
    --1 is one way to solicit, beg, tap
    Derived forms: noun lobby2, noun lobbyist1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    => Somebody ----s
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