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reach across the aisle

reach across the aisle verb: to come to a bipartisan agreement; to compromise with the adversary party.

Verb

reach across the aisle (third-person singular simple present reaches across the aisle, present participle reaching across the aisle, simple past and past participle reached across the aisle)

  1. (US) To come to a bipartisan agreement; to compromise with the adversary party.

Forms of reach across the aisle

third-person singular presentreaches across the aisle
present participlereaching across the aisle
past participlereached across the aisle
pastreached across the aisle

Questions about reach across the aisle

What does reach across the aisle mean?
Reach across the aisle means to come to a bipartisan agreement; to compromise with the adversary party.
What part of speech is reach across the aisle?
Reach across the aisle is a verb.
What is the past tense of reach across the aisle?
The past tense of reach across the aisle is reached across the aisle.

Words near reach across the aisle in the dictionary

  1. reacetylates
  2. reacetylating
  3. reacetylation
  4. reacetylations
  5. reach
  6. reach across the aisle
  7. reach down
  8. reach for
  9. reach for the moon
  10. reach for the skies
  11. reach for the sky

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