Collocations for "repeal"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "repeal" in context.
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repeal
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- repeal a [law, ruling, decision, tax, legislation]
- the [law] was repealed
- [Congress] repealed the [law]
- a [ruling, bill] repealing the [law]
- an act that repealed the [law]
- was repealed in court
- was repealed [in, after, for]
- [must, could, should] be repealed
- repeal and [reenact, extend, update, amend]
- was repealed by [Congress, the president]
- a vote to repeal [Proposition 8, the new law]
- [a full, a permanent, an unprecedented] repeal
- [push, call for, demand, challenge] a repeal
- was [quashed, overturned, amended] on repeal
- vote [against, in favor of] the repeal
- a repeal of the [law, tax, legislation]
- [demands, calls, pressure] for a repeal
- the repeal will [mean, allow, give, provide]