Meaning of party line in English

(Definition of party line from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of party line

party line
They bemoan the propensity for candidates to simply parrot the party line for fear of disaffecting party voters.
The biggest problem the federal worker faces is harassment and removal for not following the party line or for trying to enforce the law.
Is he giving you that lacrosse party line?
After rush hour, the phone was used as a party line.
You tow the party line which will always reverse whenever an opposing party is in power.
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.
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.
They are called the good folk too inner-directed to follow a party line or run with the herd.
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.
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.
I never push the button for "all," the straight party line.
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Translations of party line

in Chinese (Traditional)
政治, 電話, 電話合用線…
in Chinese (Simplified)
政治, 电话, 电话合用线…
in Portuguese
linha compartilhada…
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