vote with one's feet

vote with one's feet
   If you vote with your feet, your show your dislike or disapproval of something by leaving.
   

If the conference is boring, people will probably vote with their feet


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  • vote with one’s feet — in. to show one’s displeasure by walking out. □ A lot of people are voting with their feet. Customers clearly don’t like our goods. □ When the audience votes with its feet, you know you don’t have a hit …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • vote with one's feet — informal indicate an opinion by being present or absent. → vote …   English new terms dictionary

  • vote with one's feet — phrasal to express one s disapproval or dissatisfaction by leaving …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Vote with one's feet — 1. express one s disapproval by leaving; 2. public exhibition of sympathy, opposition, etc., as a mass meeting, demonstration or march …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • vote with one's feet — Australian Slang 1. express one s disapproval by leaving; 2. public exhibition of sympathy, opposition, etc., as a mass meeting, demonstration or march …   English dialects glossary

  • vote with one's feet — express one s disapprobation by leaving; public display of sympathy or opposition carried out as a mass demonstration or march …   English contemporary dictionary

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