Crossword clues for three-line whip
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
three-line whip
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Labour should impose a three-line whip to vote against the Treaty.
▪ Many Opposition Members who will obey the three-line Whip and vote against the motion will do so with a heavy heart.
▪ On Thursday, St Valentine's night, Tommy was on a three-line whip.
Wiktionary
three-line whip
n. 1 (context British English) A directive from an MP's superiors to vote in a particular way in parliament, despite what the politician might believe or what his or her constituents might like. 2 (context by extension humourous English) An imperative order.
Usage examples of "three-line whip".
She was profuse in her apologies: it seemed that her husband had been held up at the House of Commons by a running three-line whip, which even I knew meant he was unable to leave the Palace of Westminster on pain of death.