on the hustings

phrase

: making speeches, meeting people, etc., in order to get people's votes : campaigning for a political office

candidates who are (out) on the hustings

Examples of on the hustings in a Sentence

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Carney is now a diplomat and statesman, not a politician on the hustings. — David Moscrop, Time, 8 May 2025

So the Republicans must be out on the hustings offering chapter and verse about their answer to inflation, right? — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2022

Foreign affairs issues rarely intrude into a Canadian election campaign, but the first few days on the hustings were dominated by biting questions about Canada's response to the United States' abrupt pullout from Afghanistan. — Michael Bociurkiw, CNN, 22 Sep. 2021