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drop a presumption

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bluestblue
 
Reply Thu 14 Jun, 2007 02:42 pm
The new policy will drop a presumption in favor of house building at the expense of other conservation consideration.



What does drop mean? (Settle, end?) Does it have any implication of support or refusal to the original presumption?







Thanks in advance!
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Reply Thu 14 Jun, 2007 03:34 pm
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The new policy will drop a presumption in favor...


In future the policy will no longer be to presume in favor...

Drop... let go of, cease to hold, allow to fall, discard, dispense with...

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Does it have any implication of support or refusal to the original presumption?


Not necessarily. It's been dropped. Your sentence does not say why.
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bluestblue
 
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Reply Thu 14 Jun, 2007 11:37 pm
Thank you very much!
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