Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cross the floor

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

Syllables
cross the floor
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To vote against one’s own political party in parliament.

British usage

verb

To resign from one’s political party and join another party, resulting in moving from one’s currently assigned desk or seat in the legislative chamber to a new desk or seat physically located with the other members of one’s new party.

British usage; Informal

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

crosses the floor (present, singular) crossing the floor (participle, present) crossed the floor (participle, past) crossed the floor (past)

Synonyms

cross the aisle

Questions

What does cross the floor mean?
To vote against one’s own political party in parliament.

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