payroll vote
noun
A group of voters guaranteed to vote in a particular way; (British Politics ) a group of MPs (especially those in receipt of ministerial or other government salaries) guaranteed to vote in support of the government.
Origin
1940s.
- keep someone in his (or her) place
- keep someone off
- keep someone posted
- keep someone sweet
- keep someone/thing off
- keep someone/thing on
- keep someone under
- keep someone up
- keep something back
- keep something dark
- keep something down
- keep something from
- keep something in
- keep something quiet (or keep quiet about something)
- keep something to oneself
- keep something under one's hat
- keep something up
- keep step
- keep tabs (or a tab) on
- keep the ball rolling
- keep the bastards honest
- keep the field
- keep the peace
- keep the pot boiling
- keep (the) score