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three-line whip Definition


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three-line whip
noun
    1. politics.
      In the UK: a written notice, underlined three times to indicate its importance, to politicians belonging to a particular party that they must attend a vote in parliament and vote in the way in which they are instructed.
Etymology: Early 20c as three-lined whip.



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