pocket veto noun
plural pocket vetoes
plural pocket vetoes
Learner's definition of POCKET VETO
[count] US
: a method that the President can use to prevent a bill from becoming a law by not signing the bill before the session of Congress ends搁置否决(美国总统不签署议案,将其搁置到国会休会之后,以此阻止议案成为法律)