- make a motion
- {v. phr.} To propose in some committee meeting or legislative group that a certain action be taken. * /The secretary made a motion that the minutes of the last meeting be accepted./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
make a motion
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make a motion — {v. phr.} To propose in some committee meeting or legislative group that a certain action be taken. * /The secretary made a motion that the minutes of the last meeting be accepted./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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