empty chair (English, verb)
expansion: empty chair (third-person singular simple present empty chairs, present participle empty chairing, simple past and past participle empty chaired)
Senses:
qualifier: debating
glosses: To draw attention to (a person who is absent from a debate) by providing an empty podium or chair which they would have occupied.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: empty chairs
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: empty chairing
tags: participle
present
form: empty chaired
tags: participle
past
form: empty chaired
tags: past