rubber stamp
TOOL THAT IS USED IN OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION; CRAFT IN WHICH SOME TYPE OF INK MADE OF DYE OR PIGMENT IS APPLIED TO AN IMAGE OR PATTERN THAT HAS BEEN CARVED, MOLDED, LASER ENGRAVED OR VULCANIZED, ONTO A SHEET OF RUBBER
Rubber stamps; Rubber-stamp; Rubberstamp; Rubber Stamp
also rubber-stamp
(rubber stamps, rubber stamping, rubber stamped)
1.
A rubber stamp is a small device with a name, date, or symbol on it. You press it on to an ink pad and then on to a document in order to show that the document has been officially dealt with.
In Post Offices, virtually every document that's passed across the counter is stamped with a rubber stamp.
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2.
When someone in authority rubber-stamps a decision, plan, or law, they agree to it without thinking about it much.
Parliament's job is to rubber-stamp his decisions...
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