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What's a "political row"?
Row (pronounced like wow) is another word for argument or disagreement. It's most commonly used in the UK. A "political row" just means politicians are bickering with each other.
Oh. That's one of those words I've only ever read (generally in brit lit), and thought it was pronounced as row like row a boat. Thank you for the correct pronunciation!
It’s most commonly used in the UK
Also common in Australia
Also Canada. Basically the US is the odd one out here.
This is interesting because this word does get used in American English, but it's pronounced like "row your boat" not like wow.
Ah, "row" like "rowdy" not "row yer goddamn boat up the river."
otherwise known as a weekday
in westminster parliamentary procedure, when there is a disagreement the two partisan groups get together and competitively row in a race up the Thames, winner taking the victorious position on the matter.
It's a UK English thing, a row is a fight, they would describe the US Congress fighting over the shutdown as a row.