gavel to order (English, verb)
expansion: gavel to order (third-person singular simple present gavels to order, present participle (US) gaveling to order or (UK) gavelling to order, simple past and past participle (US) gaveled to order or (UK) gavelled to order)
Senses:
glosses: To initiate or restore the orderly functioning of (a meeting or function or assembly or court), usually by pounding a gavel or similar hammer.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: gavels to order
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: gaveling to order
tags: US
participle
present
form: gavelling to order
tags: UK
participle
present
form: gaveled to order
tags: US
participle
past
form: gaveled to order
tags: US
past
form: gavelled to order
tags: UK
participle
past
form: gavelled to order
tags: UK
past