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Chan-Seung Lee



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:06 pm    Post subject: route Reply with quote
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He resigned after his party was routed in the election.


As far as I know, 'route' is to send something through a way. But in the above example 'route' may have another meaning. I looked it up in the dictionary but I couldn't find other than 'to send something'.

What does the quote mean?

Thanks.
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Lorikeet



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You made a good guess, but the verb is "rout" and not "route". It means they were defeated by a big margin.
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