Foreign Office, the
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: OfficialsForeign Office, thethe Foreign OfficeˈForeign ˌOffice, the (also the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) PGOthe British government department that is responsible for dealing with matters concerning other countriesExamples from the CorpusForeign Office, the• And her husband was in the Foreign Office, wasn't he?• Our head of bureaux suggested they ring the Foreign Office.• Another backbencher was told his place on a Foreign Office organised trip would be withdrawn if he defied the Government.