Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reach across the aisle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables
reach across the aisle
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To come to a bipartisan agreement; to compromise with the adversary party.

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

reaches across the aisle (present, singular) reaching across the aisle (participle, present) reached across the aisle (participle, past) reached across the aisle (past)

Questions

What does reach across the aisle mean?
To come to a bipartisan agreement; to compromise with the adversary party.

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