poll

/pəʊl/ verb [T]

Translation

ASK OPINION › to ask someone's opinion as part of a study on what people think about a subject

anket yapmak, kamu oyu araştırması yapmak

[often passive] Most students polled said they preferred the new system.1167

GET VOTES › to receive a particular number of votes in an election

oy almak/kazanmak/toplamak/elde etmek

Labour polled only 45 percent of the Scottish vote.139

(Definition of poll verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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