cast your vote, abstain from voting,throw in the towel, vote with your feet, election fever

1. Election Idioms
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2. Cast your vote
To vote
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I became a Canadian citizen this
year. I’m excited to cast my vote
in the elections in September!

3. Abstain from voting
Not to vote even when you are eligible to do so
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Many of the candidates this year
are so sketchy I’m thinking of
abstaining from voting. Maybe I
should reesrach about them
more.

4. Throw in the towel
To quit or give up
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The problem proved to be too
much for the young
mathematician. He decided to
throw in the towel after five
hours of working on it.

5. Vote with your feet
To show your opinion by leaving an organization or by
no longer supporting, using, or buying something
The business
tycoon voted with
his feet on the
issue of climate
change. He
decided to close
his businesses
involved in coal
mining.
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6. Election fever
To talk about and have many activities related to the
elections; to be engrossed with the elections
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You just know that
election fever has
started when you see
many lawns in the
neighbourhood
displaying these
signs.