vote with your wallet

vote with your wallet
vote with your feet/wallet phrase
to express an opinion through your actions, for example by not going to a place or by deciding not to spend money

Cinemagoers started voting with their feet.

Thesaurus: to give your opinionsynonym
Main entry: vote

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vote with your wallet (or US vote (with) your pocketbook)
1 : to vote in a way that helps you financially
2 : to show what you like and dislike by choosing where to shop and what to buy

If our customers don't like our products, they will vote with their wallets. [=they will not buy our products]

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vote with your wallet — see vote, 1
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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