lip service

  • 11lip service —    When people pay lip service to something, they express their respect, but they don t act on their words, so the respect is hollow and empty.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you pay lip service to an idea or cause, you give verbal… …

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  • 12lip service — noun a) Empty talk; words absent of action or intention. The candidate gave lip service to fixing the problems, but it is doubtful that he will do much. b) Cunnilingus, the act of using the mouth and tongue to stimulate the f …

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  • 13lip service — {n.} Support shown by words only and not by actions; a show of loyalty that is not proven in action. Usually used with pay . * /Bv holding elections, communism pays lip service to democracy, but it offers only one candidate per office./ * /Some… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 14lip service — {n.} Support shown by words only and not by actions; a show of loyalty that is not proven in action. Usually used with pay . * /Bv holding elections, communism pays lip service to democracy, but it offers only one candidate per office./ * /Some… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 15lip service — n. meaningless promise to pay lip service to * * * [ meaningless promise ] to pay lip service to …

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  • 16lip\ service — noun Support shown by words only and not by actions; a show of loyalty that is not proven in action. Usually used with pay . Bv holding elections, communism pays lip service to democracy, but it offers only one candidate per office. Some people… …

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  • 17lip service — N UNCOUNT: usu N to n/ ing (disapproval) If you say that someone pays lip service to an idea, you are critical of them because they say they are in favour of it, but they do not do anything to support it. Unhappily, he had done no more than pay… …

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  • 18lip service — noun pay lip service to to say that you support or agree with something without doing anything to prove your support: They re only paying lip service to women s rights …

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  • 19lip service — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [LIP SER vis] insincere agreement, empty talk or gesture. Politicians pay a lot of lip service to their constituents. SYN.: insincerity, empty talk, empty gesture, token agreement, tokenism, show …

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