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below the gangway

below the gangway prepositional phrase: on the benches in the House of Commons located past the central aisle and relatively far from the Speaker, generally occupied by minority groups not belonging to either the government or the Shadow Cabinet.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK) On the benches in the House of Commons located past the central aisle and relatively far from the Speaker, generally occupied by minority groups not belonging to either the government or the Shadow Cabinet.

Questions about below the gangway

What does below the gangway mean?
Below the gangway means on the benches in the House of Commons located past the central aisle and relatively far from the Speaker, generally occupied by minority groups not belonging to either the government or the Shadow Cabinet.
What part of speech is below the gangway?
Below the gangway is a prepositional phrase.

Words near below the gangway in the dictionary

  1. below par
  2. below stairs
  3. below the belt
  4. below the breadline
  5. below the fold
  6. below the gangway
  7. below the law
  8. below the line
  9. below the mahogany
  10. below the radar
  11. below the salt

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