pull a lever

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English

Etymology

In reference to older voting machines where a lever was pulled to vote for each candidate choice.

Verb

pull a lever (third-person singular simple present pulls a lever, present participle pulling a lever, simple past and past participle pulled a lever)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull,‎ lever.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To vote.
    • 2007, Mark Crispin Miller, Fooled Again:
      She tried to pull a lever for the mainstream candidate and it wouldn't work.
    • 2020, Stephen E. Strang, God, Trump, and the 2020 Election:
      You may dislike much about a candidate, but God calls us to make the hard choice and pull a lever for one or the other—even if it means voting less for a candidate than against another.