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whip in

verb

  1. (intr) to perform the duties of a whipper-in to a pack of hounds

  2. (tr) to keep (members of a political party, etc) together

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Former Labour leader Corbyn was re-elected as an independent MP for Islington North after losing the Labour whip in 2020.

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Whip in a little extra air with an immersion blender or fold in crème fraîche for something closer to a mousse.

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The whip in Muzarabani's action have led to comparisons with South Africa's Kagiso Rabada.

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Once May had stood aside, Jenkyns found favour with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who appointed her as an assistant government whip in 2021 and a junior education minister a year later.

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"I probably should have had the surgery 18 months ago but I was a whip in government during historic times and I didn't have the capacity to step back from that," he said.

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