pull a lever
The phrase "pull a lever" can refer to both a physical action and an idiomatic expression often used in voting contexts.
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Definition
B1General
(common)To operate a lever by moving it towards oneself.
Example
- He had to pull a lever to start the machine.
B2Voting
(idiomatic)To cast a vote by using a lever in a voting machine.
Example
- In the old days, voters would pull a lever to select their candidate.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "pull a lever":
pull the triggercrank the handlepull timepull inpull cordgear leverpull downpull stringspull outpull backpull throughpull uppull up onpull the plugpull apart