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Definition of party line in English: party linenoun 1A policy, or the policies collectively, officially adopted by a political party. they rarely fail to toe the party line Example sentencesExamples - The split, however, may not be across political party lines.
- Toeing the party line is a requirement for any aspiring politician, and the leader is boss.
- I can't place all the blame on Rove and company - these are tendencies that have metastasized across party lines in the modern political era.
- ‘Many candidates have views that differ from political party lines and people vote for individuals, so we were not happy with that,’ said Ms Fleming.
- Second, I want to reach across party lines and speak to Democrats in both houses.
- The amendment would prevent any form of disciplinary action against an MP who votes contrary to party lines.
- She had to speak with authority in support of the party line to keep her official position in the government.
- Jan is also concerned that existing political parties are under pressure to toe the national party line rather than focus on the local picture.
- In case you can't imagine the extent to which the politicians who come on that show mouth the party line, I have inside information.
- I can tell members that the committee divided clearly on party lines.
- While major divisions existed between republicans and monarchists, these were not cleanly organized across party lines.
- Most of them loyally toe the party line for the sake of their careers.
- Fundamentally, the Act was designed to enhance the power of the party leaderships and ensure that MPs toed the party line.
- Moreover, there are often only minor differences in the opinions of candidates on space policy, even across party lines.
- A revolution, especially a transnational one, needs ideologues, pamphlets and party lines to articulate its message to the world.
- Dissidents, or anyone not toeing the party line, are regularly rounded up.
- Sectarian organizations with party lines and hierarchical, anti-democratic structures disrupt attempts to move forward collectively.
- The official party lines seem to be that if they dismiss the BNP out of hand, all the voters will do the same.
- Councillors voted along party lines, with seven Tories against the scheme and five Liberal Democrats in favour.
- The councillors, cutting across party lines, seem to be with her in sprucing up the city and in cracking down on pavement encroachers, which is seen to be a politically sensitive issue.
Synonyms policy, programme, manifesto, plan, plan of action, principles, tenets, objectives, aims 2A telephone line or circuit shared by two or more subscribers. Example sentencesExamples - It's like the difference between regular telephone lines and the old party lines that put a bunch of houses all on one line.
- Instead, he/she rang all the phones on the party line, giving three rings if the call was for number three, four rings for number four and so on.
- E. used to have the best job a gossip could hope for - telephone operator in a small town in the days of party lines.
- The phone was a party line which closed at midnight from Monday to Saturday and at 8 p.m. on Sundays.
- These were all party lines on which everyone up and down the line could, and did, listen in!
Definition of party line in US English: party linenounˈpɑrdi ˌlaɪnˈpärdē ˌlīn 1A policy, or the policies collectively, officially adopted by a political party. they rarely fail to toe the party line as modifier a party-line voter Example sentencesExamples - Sectarian organizations with party lines and hierarchical, anti-democratic structures disrupt attempts to move forward collectively.
- Councillors voted along party lines, with seven Tories against the scheme and five Liberal Democrats in favour.
- She had to speak with authority in support of the party line to keep her official position in the government.
- The official party lines seem to be that if they dismiss the BNP out of hand, all the voters will do the same.
- In case you can't imagine the extent to which the politicians who come on that show mouth the party line, I have inside information.
- The split, however, may not be across political party lines.
- I can tell members that the committee divided clearly on party lines.
- I can't place all the blame on Rove and company - these are tendencies that have metastasized across party lines in the modern political era.
- Second, I want to reach across party lines and speak to Democrats in both houses.
- Jan is also concerned that existing political parties are under pressure to toe the national party line rather than focus on the local picture.
- The councillors, cutting across party lines, seem to be with her in sprucing up the city and in cracking down on pavement encroachers, which is seen to be a politically sensitive issue.
- ‘Many candidates have views that differ from political party lines and people vote for individuals, so we were not happy with that,’ said Ms Fleming.
- While major divisions existed between republicans and monarchists, these were not cleanly organized across party lines.
- Dissidents, or anyone not toeing the party line, are regularly rounded up.
- Toeing the party line is a requirement for any aspiring politician, and the leader is boss.
- Moreover, there are often only minor differences in the opinions of candidates on space policy, even across party lines.
- A revolution, especially a transnational one, needs ideologues, pamphlets and party lines to articulate its message to the world.
- Fundamentally, the Act was designed to enhance the power of the party leaderships and ensure that MPs toed the party line.
- Most of them loyally toe the party line for the sake of their careers.
- The amendment would prevent any form of disciplinary action against an MP who votes contrary to party lines.
Synonyms policy, programme, manifesto, plan, plan of action, principles, tenets, objectives, aims 2A telephone line or circuit shared by two or more subscribers. Example sentencesExamples - It's like the difference between regular telephone lines and the old party lines that put a bunch of houses all on one line.
- Instead, he/she rang all the phones on the party line, giving three rings if the call was for number three, four rings for number four and so on.
- These were all party lines on which everyone up and down the line could, and did, listen in!
- E. used to have the best job a gossip could hope for - telephone operator in a small town in the days of party lines.
- The phone was a party line which closed at midnight from Monday to Saturday and at 8 p.m. on Sundays.
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