- cast one's vote
- cast one's voteto vote; to place one's ballot in the ballot box. •
The citizens cast their votes for president.
•The wait in line to cast one's vote was almost an hour.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
The citizens cast their votes for president.
•The wait in line to cast one's vote was almost an hour.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
cast one's vote — submit one s vote, formally deposit a ballot, elect, choose … English contemporary dictionary
cast one's vote — verb To vote for something … Wiktionary
register one's vote — index cast (register) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
vote — 1. noun 1) a rigged vote Syn: ballot, poll, election, referendum, plebiscite; show of hands 2) women finally got the vote Syn: suffrage, voting rights, franchise, enfranchisement; voice … Thesaurus of popular words
cast — I (register) verb assert, ballot, commit oneself, deposit formally, effect, establish, exercise one s choice, exercise ones options, give a vote, go to the polls, hold up one s hand, make a choice, make a decision, make a selection, make an entry … Law dictionary
cast — [kast, käst] vt. cast, casting [ME casten < ON kasta, to throw] 1. a) to put, deposit, or throw with force or violence; fling; hurl b) to give vent to as if by throwing [to cast aspersions] 2. to deposit (a ballot); register (a vote) … English World dictionary
vote — [vōt] n. [LME (Scot) < L votum, a wish, vow < neut. of votus, pp. of vovere, to vow < IE base * ewegwh , to speak solemnly, vow > Sans vāghát, one who vows, Gr euche, a vow, prayer] 1. a) a decision by a group on a proposal,… … English World dictionary
vote — I n. collective opinion as determined by voting 1) to take a vote on (a motion) 2) to put a motion to a vote; to bring a motion to a vote 3) to influence, swing a vote (recent events swung the vote in our favor; the press can influence the vote)… … Combinatory dictionary
vote — /voʊt / (say voht) noun 1. a formal expression of will, wish, or choice in some matter, whether of a single individual, as one of a number interested in common, or of a body of individuals, signified by voice, by ballot, etc. 2. the means by… …
cast — v. & n. v. (past and past part. cast) 1 tr. throw, esp. deliberately or forcefully. 2 tr. (often foll. by on, over) a direct or cause to fall (one s eyes, a glance, light, a shadow, a spell, etc.). b express (doubts, aspersions, etc.). 3 tr.… … Useful english dictionary
vote — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. poll, ballot; franchise, suffrage; choice, voice, option, election; referendum, plebiscite. v. cast a ballot; choose, select, elect, establish, enact, ratify, veto, nullify. See assent. II (Roget s… … English dictionary for students