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Noun Concept
Categories: Elections terminology, All articles with unsourced statements, Political metaphors referring to people
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lame duck  lame-duck  Lame-duck president  Lame Duck President  Lameduck
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An elected official still in office but not slated to continue WordNet 3.0
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politics
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An elected official still in office but not slated to continue WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In politics, a lame duck or outgoing politician is an elected official whose successor has already been elected or will be soon. Wikipedia
An elected official who is approaching the end of his or her tenure, and especially an official whose successor has already been elected Wikipedia Disambiguation
elected official who is about to leave office Wikidata
An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office. Wiktionary
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Congressman Jones was a lame duck and did not vote on many issues that were important to his constituents. Wiktionary
IS A
elected official
metaphor
COUNTRY
United States
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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lame duck
Wikipedia
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lame duck (politics)
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lame duck
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lame duck
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lame-duck (politics), Lame-duck president, Lame Duck President, Lameduck, Lameduck President, outgoing politician, outgoing president

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