outvote

Example Sentences

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Eventually, Lennon organizes a meeting with Klein and he, Starr and Harrison outvote McCartney, who does not want Klein to manage the group.

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2021

In turn, voting was done by estate, not by proportional representation, with the first and second estates generally joining together to outvote the third.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Regan says, in response, that because of “outdated governance rules,” unions representing one-third of the members were able to outvote the majority.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2019

McCormack also agreed to hand over to each new director a quarter of his shares in Dulwich, empowering the trio to outvote him and, in general, steer the club around his worst instincts.

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2018

I hope you will be stirring for the Parliament, for I will not be reconciled to you if you let Prestonall outvote you.

From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. by Thomson, Mrs.