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whip in

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verb

  1. (intr) to perform the duties of a whipper-in to a pack of hounds

  2. (tr) to keep (members of a political party, etc) together

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Durbin is also the Democratic whip in the Senate and serves as the ranking member of Senate Judiciary Committee.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Durbin is also the Democratic whip in the Senate and serves as the ranking member of Senate Judiciary Committee.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

The move means that three Reform councillor have lost the whip in Warwickshire over the past three weeks.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Once May had stood aside, Jenkyns found favour with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who appointed her as an assistant government whip in 2021 and a junior education minister a year later.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

The coachman, looking just as old and rickety, held the reins of his two-horse team and cracked his whip in the air again.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman

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