party line
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈpɑrti laɪn/
- Literature
:
línea del partido
- Plenty of conservatives agree that there should be exceptions, but the party line for now is still "NO."
- follow the party line
- vote the party line
- support for the party line
They they're they're following the party line and it's wrong.
- They they're they're following the party line and it's wrong.
- People were freed from the constraints of the party line.
- You just, it's almost like everyone's very consciously trying to toe the party line.
- And I don't know, you know, they're saying, oh, he couldn't be counted on to toe the party line in the next election.
- And so the fact that Obama today is still kind of having to play the party line.
- So I don't want to camp out there, but I think I, I still cannot say like toe the party line of niceness and say, cuz here, here's the deal.
- So, so I had to sort of decide, I guess that I could go along with that and I had to take the party line.
Examples
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Do you always toe the party line?
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At the beginning of the recentralization program, many newspapers adhered to the party line.
Academic text (1993) -
The question was whether the vote would divide along party lines.
Academic text (2003) -
Hence the unwillingness to cross the party line on almost any issue.
Blog text (10) -
There is widespread consensus across party lines regarding the major problems plaguing the U.S. health care system.
Academic text (2008) -
Conservative women have followed the party line of resistance to free abortion and sex quotas.
Academic text (1991) -
Turns out the GOP party line is to claim Mueller struck out on trying to prove collusion and is trying to save face.
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In fact, the "adversary press" in the Soviet Union followed the party line in all essentials in 1988.
Academic text (1993) -
Unsurprisingly, given that the purpose of the courts was to carry out the party line, judges and prosecutors were highly ideological.
Academic text (2008) -
Many politicians refuse to deviate from the party line during negotiations.
Synonyms
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4.1
A document that lists the main goals and beliefs of a party or candidate
Antonyms
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3.0
Freedom from control by others, for example when a country is free or a person supports themselves
How Official
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5.3
- Literature
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5.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The component 'line' (communication channel) is transparent, but understanding 'party' in the sense of 'a participant/subscriber' (rather than a social or political party) is required to derive the telephone meaning. Because that participant sense may be unfamiliar or ambiguous to a B1 learner, and the specific historical telephone usage is somewhat specialized, the overall expression is only partially predictable.
Etymology
The phrase party line probably comes from the image of a single line of words that every party member must repeat, like a short script. That's why to follow the party line means to accept the party's 'official policy' and say the same views.