Definitions from Wiktionary (cross the floor)
▸ verb: (UK politics, of a member of a parliament) To vote against one’s own political party in parliament.
▸ verb: (UK politics, informal, 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.
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▸ verb: (UK politics, of a member of a parliament) To vote against one’s own political party in parliament.
▸ verb: (UK politics, informal, 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.
Similar:
split,
pair off,
cross,
countervote,
go off the reservation,
deselect,
turn against,
double-cross,
name,
blackball,
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