I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
boycott an election (= refuse to take part in an election as a protest )
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Opposition parties have threatened to boycott the elections.
boycott an event (= refuse to go to an event as a protest )
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The games went ahead despite threats to boycott the event.
call for a boycott
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In 1980 he called for a boycott of the Olympic Games.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
election
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This represented a significant concession to the opposition, which had otherwise threatened to boycott the election .
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The Communists tried to boycott the election in the South, too, but the effort failed.
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The four major opposition parties reportedly decided to boycott the Nov. 29 elections in protest at alleged unfair election conditions.
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The main opposition parties had boycotted the elections .
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Only hours before polls closed late yesterday afternoon, Mr Rafsanjani urged voters not to boycott the election .
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According to the report the majority of parties had indicated that they would boycott the election .
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All major opposition parties boycotted local elections in November 1990 because they believed that the results would be rigged.
meeting
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Both had immediately boycotted Cabinet meetings .
opposition
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The main opposition parties had boycotted the elections.
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A further round of voting was then ordered, and the opposition boycotted it.
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All major opposition parties boycotted local elections in November 1990 because they believed that the results would be rigged.
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The birth takes place under threatening skies. Opposition parties are boycotting the vote.
party
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The four major opposition parties reportedly decided to boycott the Nov. 29 elections in protest at alleged unfair election conditions.
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The main opposition parties had boycotted the elections.
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All major opposition parties boycotted local elections in November 1990 because they believed that the results would be rigged.
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Opposition parties are boycotting the vote.
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The Bûcherons candidate stood in defiance of an instruction by the party leader to boycott the elections.
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With opposition groups still voicing concerns about the March poll date, 16 of the 48 registered political parties boycotted the election.
test
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The Patten plan, detailed in a Government draft circular, risks further heightening confrontation with teachers already boycotting national curriculum tests .
vote
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Opposition parties are boycotting the vote .
■ VERB
call
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He is calling for shoppers to boycott Star Discount and wants the council to take legal action against the company.
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He has called for advertisers to boycott these shows and for stations to stop airing them.
threaten
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This represented a significant concession to the opposition, which had otherwise threatened to boycott the election.
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Voucher trouble Shopworkers' union Usdaw has threatened to boycott the government's voucher system for asylum seekers as protests gather momentum.
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Four years ago seven leading men threatened to boycott the event because they considered the prize money too low.
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Indigenous organizations had threatened to boycott the presidential and congressional elections unless their demands were met.
urge
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Now Jim Wade, who is one of Eurotunnel's founding shareholders, is urging bikers to boycott the service.
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Only hours before polls closed late yesterday afternoon, Mr Rafsanjani urged voters not to boycott the election.
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Residents are being urged to boycott the supermarket blamed for most of the problems.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Several countries have said they may boycott next year's Olympic Games.
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Six countries have threatened to boycott the Olympics.
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Students have threatened to boycott certain banks as a protest at their investment policies.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Angry taxi drivers responded by boycotting a planned workshop on treating customers courteously.
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Four years ago seven leading men threatened to boycott the event because they considered the prize money too low.
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Fretilín announced that it would boycott the investigation, dismissing military guarantees of safety for those giving evidence to the commission.
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It involved a group of white-owned businesses in Mississippi being boycotted by civil rights groups accusing them of racist practices.
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Opposition parties are boycotting the vote.
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Some Ulster Unionists have already declared they would boycott him if he were chosen.
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The former Soviet-bloc countries boycotted the 1984 Olympics in response to the boycott of the 1980 Games in Moscow.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
consumer
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However, consumer boycotts can often do more harm than good.
■ VERB
call
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Animal rights groups have called for a tourism boycott in protest against the plan.
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Although some black groups called for a boycott of the curfew, it had the effect of restoring an uneasy calm.
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Opposition groups in exile had rejected the terms of the Constitution and called for a boycott .
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Groups demanding an autonomous Sikh state have already called for a boycott of the elections.
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Rebel supporters from the Barnet Supporters' Association called for a boycott of all matches.
end
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It was reported on Aug. 30 that the Sacred Union had decided to end its boycott .
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Students had defied an earlier instruction from the King to end the boycott , the second in six months.
join
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There have even been attempts to pressurise Desmond Haynes, the island's sole representative, into joining the boycott .
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The percentage of respondents declaring that they had considered or had actually joined a boycott rose in fifteen of the twenty-one countries.
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Fuss Mr Wilmot's six assistant chief constables are likely to join the boycott in November.
lead
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S.-\#led boycott of the Moscow Games.
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The ruling, primarily intended as a safety measure, could lead to a widespread boycott by disabled entrants.
organize
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In mid-May blacks in the neighbouring township of Thabong organized a boycott of white-owned shops in Welkom.
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Attempts to organize boycotts of contributions by employers of servants were apparently unsuccessful.
threaten
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They have threatened strikes, boycotts and demonstrations if the sale and break-up go ahead.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a boycott of the peace talks
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Farmers are calling for a boycott of all imported meat.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A boycott of classes also began in support of the hunger strikers.
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No strike deadline has been set, nor has a full-fledged boycott been called.
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Rebel supporters from the Barnet Supporters' Association called for a boycott of all matches.
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School boycotts were organized, and tens of thousands of black kids were kept home.
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Should all this be conveniently forgotten now that the boycott is about to be lifted?
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The final version merely required firms to report to the Commerce Department whenever they complied with the boycott .
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The firm staged the one-day boycott yesterday to put pressure on Liverpool City Council to pay up.