drop the writ

verb

verb

Etymology Compression of draw up the writ. "Writ" means a writ of election issued by the Governor that initiates a parliamentary election.

Canada, Idiomatic To call a federal or provincial election.

Mr. Chrétien visited Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson and asked her to drop the writ, meaning that for the next 36 days, Canada will be hit with election fever.2000 October 22, Allison Dunfield, “Chrétien calls election for Nov. 27”, in Globe and Mail, Toronto:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.