PARTY LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does party line mean? 

• PARTY LINE (noun)
  The noun PARTY LINE has 2 senses:

1. the policy of a political group

2. a telephone line serving two or more subscribers

  Familiarity information: PARTY LINE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARTY LINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The policy of a political group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

He won in a vote along party lines

Hypernyms ("party line" is a kind of...):

policy (a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A telephone line serving two or more subscribers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("party line" is a kind of...):

line; phone line; subscriber line; telephone circuit; telephone line (a telephone connection)