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show of hands

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show of hands
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the raising of hands to indicate voting for or against a proposition
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A lot of councillors were saying they opposed it but when it came to a show of hands there was only a few who had the nerve to stand up to the bullies.
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At the last public meeting a vote by show of hands resulted in 235 voting against and five votes for the sale.
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Workers voted by a show of hands to go back to work at a mass meeting outside the Lindsey oil refinery in north Lincolnshire this morning after union officials recommended they accept an agreement thrashed out during marathon talks last week.
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