cross the floor
Meaning
Verb
- To vote against one’s own political party in 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.
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