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takes the Chiltern Hundreds

takes the Chiltern Hundreds is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

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What is takes the Chiltern Hundreds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Takes the Chiltern Hundreds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take the Chiltern Hundreds.

Words near takes the Chiltern Hundreds in the dictionary

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

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