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to organize picket

to organize picket

4.6
Arrange and hold a protest outside a workplace to show what workers want
  • phrasal verb
  • /ˈɔrɡəˌnaɪz ˈpɪkɪt/
  • US
translation icon : organizar una huelga
  • They decided to organize a picket outside the factory.

Examples

  • Can you help me organize the picket for Friday?

  • The union leaders agreed to organize picket lines outside the factory gates.

  • Activists plan to organize picket tomorrow to demand climate action from city officials.

  • Teachers decided to organize picket at the district office to protest budget cuts.

  • Workers will organize picket lines in front of the office to demand better wages.

  • The activists are gearing up to organize picket outside the governor's mansion to protest the new law.

  • Volunteers gathered to organize picket against animal cruelty at the local zoo.

Synonyms

to picket
vsto organize picket
13 4.8

To stand or march outside a workplace to protest and stop people entering

focuses on organizing and running these actions to express demands or support causes
to picket outside
vsto organize picket
1 5.0

To stand or march outside a building to show you are against something

involves arranging and carrying out such protests, often by workers

Surface Forms

organize picket infinitive
organized picket past
organized picket past participle
organizing picket present participle
organizes picket third person singular

Morphology

organize + picket

The meaning is directly compositional: 'organize' (to bring people together) plus 'picket' (people protesting outside a workplace) yields the action of arranging or coordinating such protesters. This follows a straightforward verb + object pattern found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the meaning.

Etymology

Organize picket comes from the old word picket, which meant a pointed stake used to make a guard line. Picture people standing in a line like that fence outside a workplace holding signs; to organize picket is to plan and carry out a 'protest' there.