Found 1 items, similar to to go over to the majority.
English → English (gcide) Definition: To go over to the majority Majority \Ma*jor"i*ty\, n.; pl. Majorities. [F. majorit['e]. See Major.] 1. The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority. Specifically: (a) The military rank of a major. (b) The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs. [1913 Webster] 2. The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast. [1913 Webster] 3. [Cf. L. majores.] Ancestors; ancestry. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 4. The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See Plurality. [1913 Webster] To go over to the majority or To join the majority, to die. [1913 Webster]