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on the campaign trail
USUK
travelling around to win support before an election
Mainly in news reports. Also 'hit the campaign trail' (start campaigning).
In context
On the campaign trail, she visited forty towns in two weeks.
Promises made on the campaign trail are often forgotten after the election.
More idioms about politics
- a double standarda rule applied more strictly to one group than to another
- a grey areaa situation where the rules are unclear, so nobody is sure what is allowed
- a hidden agendaa secret reason or plan behind what someone says or does
- a hot potatoa difficult issue that people disagree about and nobody wants to deal with
- a lame ducka politician or government with little real power, often near the end of a term in office