rubber-stamp

/ˈrʌb·ərˈstæmp/ v [T] disapproving

Definition

› to approve something without giving it much thought: Congress is not going to simply rubber-stamp any policy the president proposes.

(Definition of rubber-stamp v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.