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1Motions relating to nominations — Class Incidental motion In order when another has the floor? No Motions relating to nominations, in parliamentary procedure, include the motions to make, close, and reopen nominations, and motions to designate the method of making nominations. A… …
2make believe — verb represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like She makes like an actress • Syn: ↑make, ↑pretend • Derivationally related forms: ↑make believe, ↑pretend (for: ↑pretend …
3go through the motions — verb pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it She isn t really working she s just going through the motions • Hypernyms: ↑make, ↑pretend, ↑make believe • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * go through the motions …
4Dilatory motions and tactics — Dilatory tactics or motions, in parliamentary procedure, are those used to delay or obstruct business, annoy the deliberative assembly, or, in legislative procedure, to delay consideration of a subject for other reasons. Some types of motions are …
5go through the motions — {v. phr.} To pretend to do something by moving or acting as if you were really doing it; do something without really trying hard or caring. * /Jane was angry because she couldn t go out, and when her mother said to dust her room she just went… …
6go through the motions — {v. phr.} To pretend to do something by moving or acting as if you were really doing it; do something without really trying hard or caring. * /Jane was angry because she couldn t go out, and when her mother said to dust her room she just went… …
7go through the motions — to do something because you are expected to do it and not because you want to. These days when we go out, cook a meal together or even make love, I get the feeling that he s just going through the motions. (often in continuous tenses) …
8go through the motions — Synonyms and related words: act, act a part, affect, assume, bluff, counterfeit, cover up, dissemble, dissimulate, fake, feign, four flush, gammon, let on, let on like, make a pretense, make as if, make believe, make like, play, play a part, play …
9Suspension of the rules — Suspend the rules (RONR) Class Incidental motion In order when another has the floor? No Requires second? Yes Debatable? No May be reconsidered? No Amendable? No Vote required …
10Mass meeting — In parliamentary law, a mass meeting is a type of deliberative assembly, which in a publicized or selectively distributed notice known as the call of the meeting has been announced:[1] as called to take appropriate action on a particular problem… …
