back bench

Noun

Meaning

back bench (plural back benches)

Alternative form of backbench (noun)

back-bench (plural back-benches)

Alternative form of backbench

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

back-bench

Examples

Mr Hogan's statement follows Richmond MP Justine Elliot's decision to quit her job as a parliamentary secretary and moved to the back bench so she could speak out about coal seam gas. Source: Internet

Being slightly wider than the Navara on which it's based means there's a touch more shoulder room, although you still wouldn't want to accommodate three big blokes across the back bench. Source: Internet

This decidedly back bench MLA should have been retired long ago. Source: Internet

Three across the back bench is tight and the middle occupant has to contend with a hump in the floor. Source: Internet

He also noted that he brings home the bacon in a way McGrath could not from the "back bench" of the Senate. Source: Internet

It might even help to give the Defense Department only one seat at the table, with the Joint Staff representative sitting in the back bench. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

back bearing back beat back bedroom back biter back blocks back board