gavel to order

verb

To initiate or restore the orderly functioning of (a meeting or function or assembly or court), usually by pounding a gavel or similar hammer.

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Meanings

verbgavel to order (third-person singular simple present gavels to order, present participle (US) gaveling to order or (UK) gavelling to order, simple past and past participle (US) gaveled to order or (UK) gavelled to order)

present singular third person gavels to order · US participle present gaveling to order · UK participle present gavelling to order · US participle past gaveled to order · US past gaveled to order · UK participle past gavelled to order · UK past gavelled to order

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo initiate or restore the orderly functioning of (a meeting or function or assembly or court), usually by pounding a gavel or similar hammer.
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APA

gavel to order. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gavel%20to%20order

MLA

“gavel to order.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gavel%20to%20order. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gavel to order,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gavel%20to%20order.

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