vote one out

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[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 Congresswoman Bradley./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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