gavel out
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[edit]Verb
[edit]gavel out (third-person singular simple present gavels out, present participle (US) gaveling out or (Commonwealth) gavelling out, simple past and past participle (US) gaveled out or (Commonwealth) gavelled out)
- To bang the gavel to indicate the conclusion of a court session.
- 2023 June 10, Patricia Murphy, “OPINION: ‘Atlanta way’ long gone as city leaders face death threats over training center”, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution[1]:
- After a marathon session that included more than 14 hours of mostly negative public comment, the council agreed 11 to 4 to fund the center, and then gaveled out just before 6 a.m.