to primary
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- verb
- /ˈpraɪˌmɛri/
- US
- If you want McConnell out, primary him and defeat him.
- get primaried
- to primary a sitting president
Examples
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Moderate Republicans like Indiana's Dick Lugar were primaried by loons who lost on Tuesday to Democrats.
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His capitulations to the liberals in Congress almost make me hope he gets primaried by a real conservative like Buchanan.
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In 2008, the party would not primary him.
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They say if you did, you would you would immediately face a primary challenge in your district.
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Now that it is the general election, some people say, "You should have primaried him!"
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If control is what is needed, don't primary her.
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Obama must either be primaried or somehow convinced to resign.
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From what I hear, Chambliss is most likely to be primaried.
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Progressives didn't have to primary Obama to put pressure on him.
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In order to secure her position, she decided to primary her opponent in the upcoming election.
Compounds
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An early election where party voters choose candidates for the general election
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A doctor you see first for health problems who gives general care and arranges specialist help
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An early election before the main vote where any registered voter can vote for candidates of only one party
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A doctor or nurse you see first for health problems and regular check-ups
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An election to choose a party candidate in which only registered members of the party can vote
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Basic health care you get first from a doctor or community clinic for everyday needs
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A long part of a bird's wing at the outer edge that helps the bird fly
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A primary election where voters choose candidates instead of party officials
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A loop of wire where changing electric current makes a magnetic field that creates current in a nearby loop
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A body part you are born with that helps make babies, like genitals or ovaries
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A body part you are born with that is used to make babies, like genitals
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Painful cramps in the lower belly that happen during a normal period
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An election with too many messy candidates that makes it hard to pick one
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The first stage of syphilis when a painless sore appears at the infection site
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A lung infection in children and young adults that causes high fever and cough
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Military officers check soldiers' personal letters and messages for secret information
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Body parts used for having babies, like genitals, that show if someone is male or female
One of the three basic paint colours red, blue and yellow used to make other colours
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A solid metal in which atoms of other elements mix evenly into its structure
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One of three colors, magenta, cyan and yellow, used in printing to make many colors by removing light
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A coil that receives input electricity and causes a changing current in the secondary coil
Surface Forms
Etymology
Primary (as in being 'primaried') comes from the election primary, from Latin primus 'first', so to be 'primaried' is to be challenged in that 'first' party contest.