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taken the Chiltern Hundreds

taken the Chiltern Hundreds is the past participle of take the Chiltern Hundreds.

Meaning of take the Chiltern Hundreds

Verb

take the Chiltern Hundreds (third-person singular simple present takes the Chiltern Hundreds, present participle taking the Chiltern Hundreds, simple past took the Chiltern Hundreds, past participle taken the Chiltern Hundreds)

  1. (UK) 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.

Questions about taken the Chiltern Hundreds

What is taken the Chiltern Hundreds the past participle of?
Taken the Chiltern Hundreds is the past participle of take the Chiltern Hundreds.

Words near taken the Chiltern Hundreds in the dictionary

  1. taken the Browns to the Super Bowl
  2. taken the bull by the horns
  3. taken the cake
  4. taken the chair
  5. taken the chill off
  6. taken the Chiltern Hundreds
  7. taken the count
  8. taken the coward's way out
  9. taken the cure
  10. taken the easy way out
  11. taken the edge off

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