English / idiom
Blackball Someone
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To reject or ban someone ostracizing them from a group, club, or circle via secret voting.
In context
01
Several conservative members conspired to blackball the new applicant from entering the club.
02
After raising ethics concerns, she was unfairly blackballed by senior executives.
Synonyms
ostracize,blacklist,boycott
Antonyms
admit,welcome,embrace
Collocations
blackball a candidate,unanimously blackballed,attempt to blackball