Definitions from Wiktionary (take the Chiltern Hundreds)
▸ verb: (UK, politics) To vacate one's seat in the House of Commons (since resignation is not permitted), under the legal fiction of being appointed to an "office of profit under the Crown": the ancient office of Crown Steward for the Chiltern Hundreds, in modern times a mere sinecure.
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▸ verb: (UK, politics) To vacate one's seat in the House of Commons (since resignation is not permitted), under the legal fiction of being appointed to an "office of profit under the Crown": the ancient office of Crown Steward for the Chiltern Hundreds, in modern times a mere sinecure.
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Exchequer,
take silk,
take the shilling,
chair,
deputy,
chaperone,
die in office,
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return,
hold court,
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