rubber stamp
See also: rubberstamp
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
- (figuratively) Of a person, organisation, or process, making decisions or approving matters routinely or without real power.
- rubber stamp politics
- rubber stamp committee
Noun
rubber stamp (plural rubber stamps)
- A piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of transferring ink or dye to imprint that design on another object.
- The library had a rubber stamp to imprint the due date.
- (figuratively) A person or organisation that approves, routinely or as a formality, matters decided by some other person or organisation.
Derived terms
- rubber stamp committee
- rubber stamp organisation
- rubber stamp politics
Translations
piece of rubber to make an imprint
person or body approving things without power to change them
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Verb
rubber stamp (third-person singular simple present rubber stamps, present participle rubber stamping, simple past and past participle rubber stamped)
See also
Further reading
rubber stamp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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