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lame duck
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lame ducknoun
an elected official still in office but not slated to continue
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lame duck
Synonyms:
defaulter (at the stock exchange)
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:
The president nominates. The Senate confirms. The American people should have a voice, not this lame duck president out the door.
I'm not going to be a lame duck, just watch me.
British Prime Minister David Cameron:
I'll tell him what is a lame duck, and that is trying to get into Downing Street on the back of Alex Salmond’s coat tails, never mind talk of ducks, I am looking at Alex Salmond’s poodle.
I don’t know why this had to be done on Day One, it makes it much less likely that we ’ll deal with the disability problem until the lame duck session - and that wo n’t provide a good result for American taxpayers.
It is now abundantly clear that the lame-duck session was nothing more than an illegal power grab intended to override the will of the people.
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