political opponent

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliticalandopponent

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political
adjective
uk
/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us
/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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opponent
noun[C]
uk
/əˈpəʊ.nənt/us
/əˈpoʊ.nənt/
a person who disagrees with something and speaks against it or tries to ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandopponentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This decline in popularity was cleverly exploited by theirpoliticalopponent.
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I feel bound to say that as an oldpoliticalopponentof theirs.
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When one of my colleagues, who was apoliticalopponentof mine, got up to speak.
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Mypoliticalopponentwould not be human if he did not seize his opportunity.
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Then he comes on to the bench as chairman to judge apoliticalopponent.
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The general warrant was the licence to do anything you liked against yourpoliticalopponent.
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That man was apoliticalopponent, not a friend.
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This seems to me a very sordid and mean attempt to take advantage of apoliticalopponent.
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It transpired that my friend andpoliticalopponenthad signed a number of blank question forms.
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He was a colliery manager in my area, and was at one time mypoliticalopponent.
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It is very natural that they should think in that way of apoliticalopponent.
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I have always had a feeling that he did not vote for me, especially when he was standing against me as mypoliticalopponent.
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The expression of pain and anguish on his face is enough to turn the soul of anypoliticalopponent.
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It is happy, though, to try to undermine the finances of its mainpoliticalopponent.
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We on this side would pay our tribute to a doughtypoliticalopponentwho for so many years featured so prominently on the political scene.
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They are not the words of apoliticalopponent.
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His immediate predecessor did the same thing, but their predecessor was hardly ever known to prefer apoliticalopponent.
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Occasionally it gives one a sense of pleasure to be able to tell apoliticalopponentthat he is talking nonsense.
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No matter what wrongful acts a trade union may commit towards itspoliticalopponentthe trade union as a union will be free from responsibility.
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It is almost incredible that even apoliticalopponentshould fail to understand our position in this matter.
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