endorsementnoun
uk/ɪnˈdɔːs.mənt/us/ɪnˈdɔːrs.mənt/endorsement noun (APPROVAL)
[ C or U ] the act of saying that you approve of or support something or someone:
The campaign hasn't received any political endorsements.
He hoped to secure quick endorsement of the plan from the president.
[ C or U ] the fact of a famous person appearing in an advertisement saying that they use and like a product:
products that carry an endorsement from a celebrity
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Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- right behind sb idiom
- speak
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand by sth
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- strike
- sympathize
- sympathy
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endorsement noun (DRIVING LICENCE)
[ C ] UK a mark on a driving licence that shows the driver is guilty of driving in an illegal way:
He's got a couple of endorsements on his licence already.
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Punishing & punishments
- bar
- be brought/called to account idiom
- boot
- bring
- bum rap
- carrot
- chastise
- clobber
- crucify
- heads will roll! idiom
- kick
- kick (some) ass idiom
- non-custodial
- parking ticket
- penal
- skin sb alive idiom
- string
- strip
- throw
- throw the book at sb idiom
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