Counterdrive

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A drive that counteracts another drive.

    "In fact, momentum is gaining for a counterdrive so that states can recall earlier petitions for such a convention, with two states voting to do so in 1988."

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"In fact, momentum is gaining for a counterdrive so that states can recall earlier petitions for such a convention, with two states voting to do so in 1988."

Etymology

From counter- + drive.

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