campaign hunting expedition
safari | an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) |
campaign cause crusade
drive movement effort | a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end, he supported populist campaigns, they worked in the cause of world peace, the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant, the movement to end slavery, contributed to the war effort |
advertising campaign
ad campaign
ad blitz | an organized program of advertisements |
| charm campaign | a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support |
campaigning
candidacy
candidature
electioneering
political campaign | the campaign of a candidate to be elected |
front-porch campaigning
front-porch campaign | a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel, William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in , her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign |
fundaising campaign
fundaising drive
fundaising effort | a campaign to raise money for some cause |
| whispering campaign | the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate |
| sales campaign | an advertising campaign intended to promote sales |
| publicelations campaign | an advertising campaign intended to improve public relations |
campaign
military campaign | several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) |
| naval campaign | an operation conducted primarily by naval forces in order to gain or extend or maintain control of the sea |
Dardanelles
Dardanelles campaign | the unsuccessful campaign in World War I () by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia, defeated by the Turks |
Okinawa
Okinawa campaign | a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June ), in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese, considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans |
Petersburg
Petersburg Campaign | the final campaign of the American Civil War (-), Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee |
| Wilderness Campaign | American Civil War, a series of indecisive battles in Grant's campaign () against Lee in which both armies suffered terrible losses |
| campaign hat | a broad-brimmed felt hat with a high crown, formerly worn by the United States Army and Marine personnel |
political campaign
campaign
run | a race between candidates for elective office, I managed his campaign for governor, he is raising money for a Senate run |
governor's race
campaign for governor | a race for election to the governorship |
senate campaign
senate race | a race for election to the senate |
campaign
take the field | go on a campaign, go off to war |
| campaign run | run, stand, or compete for an office or a position, Who's running for treasurer this year? |
| crusade a fight a press campaign a push a agitate | exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person, be an advocate for, The liberal party pushed for reforms, She is crusading for women's rights, The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate |