English / phrase
Agitate for Something
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To actively demand, promote, or lobby the public and authorities for a tangible conservation policy or reform.
In context
01
Environmental coalitions agitate for an international moratorium on unmonitored high-seas gillnetting.
02
Dive operators consistently agitate for stronger reef protection laws to safeguard ecotourism livelihoods.
Synonyms
demand something,push for something,press for reforms
Antonyms
resist changes,oppose reforms
Collocations
agitate for a treaty,agitate for stricter legislation,agitate for funding