outvote

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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

Thus, the small minority of the population that consisted of nobles and clerics could always outvote the majority of the population in this traditional system of voting.

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Regan says, in response, that because of “outdated governance rules,” unions representing one-third of the members were able to outvote the majority.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

Madison argues that the nation would be able to deal with minoritarian factions—the majority can just outvote them.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2018

If there were but one representative for the mass, his poor neighbors would outvote him by an hundred to one for that single representative.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund