enter politics

idiom

: to get a job that involves politics

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Those tactics continued through the 1990s, even as Hezbollah changed its strategy and decided to enter politics. Nicole Narea, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024 Barron briefly seemed set to enter politics in May after the Florida Republican Party selected him as a delegate at this year's Republican National Convention, where his father is expected to be officially chosen as the GOP presidential nominee next week. Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 10 July 2024 President Kennedy’s address to the gathering inspired him to enter politics, Mr. McCloskey said. Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 8 May 2024 That same ballot measure prompted Sen. Alex Padilla, a Los Angeles Democrat, to give up his career as an engineer, fresh out of MIT, to enter politics. Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for enter politics 

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“Enter politics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enter%20politics. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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