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🚫blackball

verb
/ˈblækˌbɔːl/
Black-bee blacken

Meaning

to exclude someone socially or vote against their membership in a group or club

Example Sentences

He was blackballed from the club after the controversy.

Synonyms

exclude, ostracize, reject, shun, veto

Antonyms

accept, include, welcome

Collocations

blackball someone, be blackballed, blackball vote

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