to be on picket

  • 11picket line — picket lines N COUNT A picket line is a group of pickets outside a place of work. The miners are trying to get factory workers to join them on the picket line... No one tried to cross the picket lines …

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  • 12picket — [n1] post of structure pale, paling, palisade, panel, peg, pillar, rail, stake, stanchion, upright; concepts 445,479 picket [n2] person who demonstrates for cause demonstrator, picketer, protester, striker; concepts 348,359 picket [n3] person… …

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  • 13Picket Fences — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Picket Fences es una serie de televisión norteamericana transmitida desde 1992 hasta 1996 en la cadena CBS. Creada por David E. Kelley, el programa fue protagonizado por Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Don Cheadle, Holly… …

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  • 14picket line — UK US noun [C] HR, WORKPLACE ► PICKET(Cf. ↑picket) noun …

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  • 15picket line — picket ,line noun count a PICKET. Workers who cross a picket line continue to work while other workers are on STRIKE …

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  • 16picket line — n: a line of people picketing a business, institution, or organization Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 17picket fence — picket ,fence noun count a fence made of thin flat boards that are pointed at the top. People think of picket fences as typical of houses in small middle class towns in the U.S …

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  • 18picket fence — picket fences N COUNT A picket fence is a fence made of pointed wooden sticks fixed into the ground, with pieces of wood nailed across them …

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  • 19picket — ► NOUN 1) a person or group of people standing outside a workplace trying to persuade others not to enter during a strike. 2) a soldier or small body of troops sent out to watch for the enemy. 3) a pointed wooden stake driven into the ground. ►… …

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  • 20picket out — (in a labour dispute) to close or bring to a standstill by picketing • • • Main Entry: ↑picket …

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