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general::
noun ADJ. catchy, snappy | popular | empty The ‘freedom to learn’ has become just another one of the government's empty slogans. | anti-government, anti-war, etc. | advertising | campaign, election, political VERB + SLOGAN coin, come up with, invent | adopt (sth as), have (sth as), use (sth as) | chant, shout | bear a T-shirt bearing the slogan ‘I Flirt, Therefore I Am’ PREP. on the ~ They fought the election on the slogan ‘The time has come’. | under a/the ~ protesting under the slogan ‘When women stop, everything stops’
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general::
slogan
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + slogan
a campaign/election slogan
• His campaign slogan was ‘Peace, stability and prosperity’.
a political slogan
• The walls had political slogans daubed on them.
an advertising slogan
• The company has dropped its original advertising slogan.
a catchy slogan
(= one that is easily remembered )
• The Liberal Democrats were searching for a more catchy slogan.
a snappy slogan
(= one that is short and effective )
• They’ve come up with a good, snappy slogan for the product.
an empty slogan
(= a slogan that promises something which is not actually done )
• We want real progress, not just empty slogans.
verbs
shout slogans
• Five youths were arrested after shouting anti-government slogans.
chant slogans
(= repeat slogans in a regular way )
• Dozens of demonstrators waved banners and chanted slogans.
bear a slogan
(= have a slogan printed on something )
• a badge bearing a campaign slogan
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