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three-line whip — see under ↑whip • • • Main Entry: ↑three * * * three line whip UK US noun [countable] [singular three line whip plural three line whips … Useful english dictionary
three-line whip — three line whips N COUNT A three line whip is a situation where the MPs in a political party are ordered to attend parliament and vote in a particular way on a particular issue. [BRIT] … English dictionary
three-line whip — ► NOUN ▪ (in the UK) a written notice, underlined three times to stress its urgency, to members of a political party to attend a parliamentary vote … English terms dictionary
three-line whip — n an order from a leader of a British political party telling MPs in that party that they must vote in a particular way … Dictionary of contemporary English
three-line whip — noun count BRITISH an order from a political party to its members in the British parliament that they must vote in a particular way on an issue … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
three-line whip — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms three line whip : singular three line whip plural three line whips British an order from a political party to its members in parliament that they must vote in a particular way on an issue … English dictionary
three-line whip — noun a) A directive from an MPs superiors to vote in a particular way in parliament, despite what the politician might believe or what his constituents would wish. Since the metaphysical status of egg casing is not one on which the church has yet … Wiktionary
three-line whip — noun (in the UK) a written notice, underlined three times to denote urgency, to members of a political party to attend a parliamentary vote … English new terms dictionary
three-line whip — noun (C) an order from a leader of a British political party telling MPs in that party that they must vote in a particular way … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
whip — [hwip, wip] vt. whipped or whipt, whipping [ME whippen < MDu wippen, to swing, move up and down < IE * weib , to turn, swing: see VIBRATE] 1. to move, pull, jerk, snatch, throw, etc. suddenly: usually with out, off, up, etc. [to whip out a… … English World dictionary
