Idiom
gavel to order
Meaning
To initiate or restore the orderly functioning of (a meeting or function or assembly or court), usually by pounding a gavel or similar hammer.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The judge hits the gavel to order the court.”
“The chairperson hit the gavel to order the meeting after the room became too noisy.”
“Following the chaotic shouting match between the lawyers, the judge struck the gavel to order the proceedings back to a state of professional decorum.”
Examples
simple
“The judge hits the gavel to order the court.”
contextual
“The chairperson hit the gavel to order the meeting after the room became too noisy.”
complex
“Following the chaotic shouting match between the lawyers, the judge struck the gavel to order the proceedings back to a state of professional decorum.”
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