kite flying
kite flying noun: the tactic whereby a politician, usually through the media and often by way of an intentional leak, raises an idea to gauge the public reaction to it.
Noun
kite flying (uncountable)
- The tactic whereby a politician, usually through the media and often by way of an intentional leak, raises an idea to gauge the public reaction to it.
- If implemented, Labour's embryonic proposal is unlikely to do anything to resolve that debate, as judges will do what they are entitled to do – ignore the guidance and apply the Human Rights Act. But if Labour's proposal is, as I suspect it is, an exercise in political kite flying, then it may...2014 June 5, Adam Wagner, “Human rights reform ... Labour reveals its hand”, in UK Human Rights Blog
kite flying meaning in Hindi and Tamil
kite flying in Hindi
- kite flying
- पतंगबाज़ pataṅgbāz
kite flying in Tamil
- எத்தாடல்
Questions about kite flying
- What does kite flying mean?
- Kite flying means the tactic whereby a politician, usually through the media and often by way of an intentional leak, raises an idea to gauge the public reaction to it.
- What is kite flying in Hindi?
- Kite flying in Hindi is पतंगबाज़ (pataṅgbāz). See Kite flying meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is kite flying?
- Kite flying is a noun.
Words near kite flying in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: kite flying (page history and authors); पतंगबाज़ (Hindi) (page history and authors); kite flying (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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