English Explanatory Dictionary

gavel to order

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To initiate or restore the orderly functioning of (a meeting or function or assembly or court), usually by pounding a gavel or similar hammer.

Word forms

gavel to order gavels to order gaveling to order gavelling to order gaveled to order gavelled to order

Related words

come to order
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