peacefully demonstrate against the government

verb phrase

  1. to protest in public in a calm, non-violent way in order to show opposition to the government or its actions

    B2

    intransitive; demonstrate against something, often with an adverb such as 'peacefully'neutral

    • "The students peacefully demonstrated against the government."A2
    • "Thousands of people gathered to peacefully demonstrate against the government's new law."B2
    • "Citizens have the right to peacefully demonstrate against government policies."B2

Common mistakes

  • demonstrate the government→demonstrate against the government

    Use 'against' before the person, group, or policy that you oppose.

Collocations

peaceful protestdemonstrate peacefullyprotest against the governmentpeaceful demonstrationdemonstrate against the government

Word family

demonstratedemonstrationdemonstratorpeacefulpeacefully