rubber-stamp

rubber stamp

noun
1.
a device with a rubber printing surface that becomes coated with ink by being pressed on an ink-saturated pad, used for imprinting dates, addresses, standard designations or notices, etc., by hand.
2.
a person or government agency that gives approval automatically or routinely.
3.
such approval.

Origin:
1885–90

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rub·ber-stamp

[ruhb-er-stamp]
verb (used with object)
1.
to imprint with a rubber stamp.
2.
to give approval automatically or without consideration: to rubber-stamp the president's proposals.
adjective
3.
tending to give approval automatically or without due consideration: a rubber-stamp Congress that passed all the president's bills.

Origin:
1915–20; v. use of rubber stamp
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