society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (transitive)] > obstruct (business) (3)
With adv. or prep.: To influence, move, or affect by talking; as to talk down, (a) to put down by talking; to out-talk; (b) to reduce or diminish…
Parliament. To prevent or postpone the passage of a bill; spec. to give notice of opposition to a bill in the House of Commons, which prevents it…
To talk out (see talk, v. 9).