demonstrate against the government

/ˈdemənstreɪt əˈɡenst ðə ˈɡʌvərnmənt/

verb phrase

  1. To take part in a public protest expressing opposition to the government or its policies.

    B1

    intransitive; demonstrate against + nounformal

    • "Thousands of people demonstrated against the government."B1

Common mistakes

  • demonstrate to the government→demonstrate against the government

    Use against to show opposition; use to when identifying the people who receive a message.

Collocations

peacefully demonstrate against the governmentmass demonstration against the governmentprotest against the governmentdemonstrate in the streetsdemonstrate peacefully

Word family

demonstratedemonstrationdemonstrator