cross-partyadj.
/ˈkrɒsˌpɑːti/, U.S. /ˈkrɔsˌpɑrdi/, /ˈkrɑsˌpɑrdi/ Politics.
Of, involving, or relating to two or more political parties.
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1921 Sunday State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 25 Dec. 14 b/8 Before the winter was over young Silver had formed a ‘cross party’ organization that gave the old guard more trouble than they had experienced in years.
1977 H. S. Albinski Austral. External Policy under Labor v. 160 The ‘pro-criticism’ outlook, though concentrated on the left, drew cross-party support.
2003 Radio Times 7 June (Midlands ed.) 86/3 Jeremy Paxman presides over a fearsome battle between a team of cross-party MPs and four broadsheet journalists.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1921- to have something to oneself
- to have something to prove
- to have something to say for oneself
- to have something to say to
- to have something to show for
- to have something wired
- to have something written all over him, her, it, etc
- to have something, enough, little, etc to eat
- to have somewhat to do
- to have space
- to have speech
- to have spied a mare's nest
- to have stardust in one's eyes
- to have stars in one's eyes
- to have steam on
- to have sticky fingers
- to have stob and stake
- to have straws in one's hair
- to have strong hold
- to have strong root
- to have supposing
- to have surety
- to have swallowed a dictionary
- to have swallowed the dictionary
- to have swing and sway