vote with your feet

vote with your feet
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 feet — see vote, 1
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Main Entry:foot
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vote with your feet
: to show your dislike of a particular place or situation by leaving and going somewhere else

When the restaurant changed its menu, many former customers voted with their feet and stopped coming.

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Main Entry:vote

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ˌvote with your ˈfeet idiom
to show what you think about sth by going or not going somewhere

Shoppers voted with their feet and avoided the store.

Main entry:voteidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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