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party line
[ pahr-tee lahyn pahr-tee lahyn ]
noun
- the authorized, prescribed policies and practices of a group, especially of the Communist Party, usually followed by the members without deviation; official philosophy or credo.
- the guiding policy, tenets, or practices of a political party:
The judge was chosen on party lines.
- a telephone line connecting the telephones of a number of subscribers by one circuit to a central office, used in some rural areas.
- the boundary line separating adjoining properties.
party line
noun
- a telephone line serving two or more subscribers
- the policies or dogma of a political party, to which all members are expected to subscribe
- the boundary between adjoining property
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of party line1
Idioms and Phrases
The official policy of an organization or government, as in The current party line opposes legalized abortion in all cases . This term, dating from about 1830, was originally used for a political party's official policy but in the mid-1900s was almost exclusively applied to the rigid dicta of the Soviet Communist Party. Since then it has returned to looser use.Example Sentences
But is a there a genuine threat to the preservation of a sacred, 90-year-old American promise, given majority support for entitlement programs across party lines?
She was among the scores of speakers who appeared before lawmakers, and when the hours of testimony were done, the elected officials voted along party lines to reject the bills.
It’s clear too, that there is a broad constituency for preventing cuts to Medicaid expansion across party lines.
Despite the current political polarization, support for state-subsidized healthcare for immigrants hasn’t always been divided by party lines in California.
In 2017, he voted along party lines and joined his Republican colleagues to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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