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 — n a written notice sent by the Whips in the main British political parties to tell their Members of Parliament that they must attend a particular debate and vote according to the wishes of their party leader. The instructions have three lines… … Universalium
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
