noun
- A large entrance or reception room or area.
- synonyms: anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, vestibule
- The people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest.
- A group of people who try actively to influence legislation.
- synonyms: pressure group, third house
verb
- Detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors.
- synonyms: buttonhole
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