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Meaning of party line in English

party line
noun [ C ]
us
/ˌpɑːr.t̬i ˈlaɪn/ uk
/ˌpɑː.ti ˈlaɪn/

party line noun [C] (POLITICS)

the party line
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the official ideas and goals of a political party:
Her speech deviated little from the official party line.
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U.K. politics: government administration & organization
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party line noun [C] (PHONE)

a phone connection that is shared by two or more customers with separate phones
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(Definition of party line from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of party line

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They bemoan the propensity for candidates to simply parrot the party line for fear of disaffecting party voters.
From Huffington Post
The biggest problem the federal worker faces is harassment and removal for not following the party line or for trying to enforce the law.
From Washington Post
Is he giving you that lacrosse party line?
From The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
After rush hour, the phone was used as a party line.
From The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
You tow the party line which will always reverse whenever an opposing party is in power.
From Washington Post
In public, he sticks to the party line on controversial crisis-fighting proposals.
From Reuters
The party line on piracy is that it's bad for business.
From Fast Company
The narrative of the documentary may reflect the party line but the visuals are all true.
From TIME
Under the old system, the party establishment picked the status-quo candidates who toed the party line.
From Dallas Morning News
They are called the good folk too inner-directed to follow a party line or run with the herd.
From The New York Review of Books
Deviate one step from the party line, and you are a traitor, a sell-out, an enemy.
From CNN
Even if the coalition leaders agree, their parliamentarians may not follow the party line.
From Business Insider
Asked why he broke with the party line, he said it was part of his civic duty as mayor.
From TIME
The company, it turns out, is mostly sticking to that party line.
From Ars Technica
I never push the button for "all," the straight party line.
From Philly.com
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in Chinese (Traditional)
政治, 電話, 電話合用線…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
政治, 电话, 电话合用线…
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in Portuguese
linha compartilhada…
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