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A token gesture noun phrase
An action or a decision that is taken as a symbol, because it has little or no real effect.
They only stopped considering the regulation as a token gesture until they were fined for breaching it.
It seemed to me that my mom's promise to buy me a new toy was nothing more than a token gesture to encourage me to study harder at that time.
He agreed to clean the house while I was going to the supermarket. But when I came back, nothing had changed. His nod was just a token gesture after all.
This phrase was formed based on the meaning of the adjective "token".
Do you see anything wrong?
To bear too many problems or responsibilities
I am carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders as I am the last participant who will to win or to lose our team.
