- the official opinions and policies of a political party, which members are expected to supportTopics Politicsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryParty line is used before these nouns:
- vote
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Idioms
See party line in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarytoe the (party) line
(North American English also toe the mark)
- to say or do what somebody in authority tells you to say or do, even if you do not share the same opinions, etc.
- One or two of them refused to toe the line.
- MPs rarely fail to toe the party line.
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