cross the aisle (English, verb)
expansion: cross the aisle (third-person singular simple present crosses the aisle, present participle crossing the aisle, simple past and past participle crossed the aisle)
Senses:
topics: government
politics
glosses: To vote, unite, or otherwise co-operate with members of another political party in order to achieve governmental or political action.
tags: US
idiomatic
topics: government
politics
glosses: Of a member of a parliament, 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.
tags: British
Canada
idiomatic
Forms:
form: crosses the aisle
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: crossing the aisle
tags: participle
present
form: crossed the aisle
tags: participle
past
form: crossed the aisle
tags: past