submit a petition

Frequency: 7.816.5 per million words

To formally give a petition to a person or body in authority.

petitionVERB + PETITION

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submit

Examples (10)

  • The activists plan to submit a petition to the city council.
  • Have you submitted your petition to the authorities yet?
  • We need to gather more signatures before we can submit the petition.
  • The lawyer advised them to submit a formal petition to the court.
  • If enough people submit a petition, the decision might be reconsidered.
  • She decided to submit a petition against the new housing development.
  • The residents will submit a petition asking for improved public transport.
  • By Friday, all groups must submit their petitions to the committee.
  • He had to submit a petition for an extension of his visa.
  • Thousands of citizens are expected to submit a petition demanding environmental protection.