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the switch in time that saved nine

the switch in time that saved nine proper noun: the decision of Justice Owen Roberts to join the majority opinion in the United States Supreme Court case West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish, which some scholars believe prevented President Franklin D. Roosevelt from implementing a court-packing plan which would have raised the number of justices beyond nine.

Proper noun

the switch in time that saved nine

  1. (US) The decision of Justice Owen Roberts to join the majority opinion in the United States Supreme Court case West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish, which some scholars believe prevented President Franklin D. Roosevelt from implementing a court-packing plan which would have raised the number of justices beyond nine.

Origin of the switch in time that saved nine

From a stitch in time saves nine.

Questions about the switch in time that saved nine

What does the switch in time that saved nine mean?
The switch in time that saved nine means the decision of Justice Owen Roberts to join the majority opinion in the United States Supreme Court case West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish, which some scholars believe prevented President Franklin D. Roosevelt from implementing a court-packing plan which would have raised the number of justices beyond nine.
What part of speech is the switch in time that saved nine?
The switch in time that saved nine is a proper noun.

Words near the switch in time that saved nine in the dictionary

  1. the stuffing out of
  2. The Stukeleys
  3. the sun is over the yardarm
  4. the sun is setting on something
  5. the sun sets on something
  6. the switch in time that saved nine
  7. the tackies hit the tar
  8. the tail wags the dog
  9. the tar out of
  10. the terrorists will have won
  11. the thick plottens

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