V
Idioms beginning with "V"
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[voice box] {n.}
The part of the throat where the sound of your voice is made; the larynx.
Mr. Smith's voice box was taken out in an operation, and he could not talk after that.
[voiceprint] {n.}, {technological}, {colloquial}
The graphic pattern derived from converting an individual's voice into a visible graph used by the police for identification purposes, much as fingerprints.
* /They have succeeded in identifying the […]
[vote a straight ticket] {v. phr.}
To not differentiate one's ballot according to individual names and posts, but to vote for all candidates for all positions of the same party.
* /"I never have time.to study the ballot in detail," Marie said, "and so […]
[vote in] {v. phr.}
To elevate to the status of "Law of the Land" by special or general ballot.
Congress has finally voted in the Brady Law that requires that prospective gun owners wait a special period of time before making their purchase.
[vote one out] {v. phr.}
To terminate one's elected office by casting a negative vote about that person (judge, congressman, etc.), mostly so that someone else might occupy the same position.
* /Congressman Smith was voted out last November in favor of […]