on the hustings
idiom
: 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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So the Republicans must be out on the hustings offering chapter and verse about their answer to inflation, right?
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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
But more must be done, especially out on the hustings.
—Karl Rove, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2021
Without Donald Trump on the hustings, the coming weeks of campaigning in America will have less ...
—Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2020
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
But more must be done, especially out on the hustings.
—Karl Rove, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2021
Without Donald Trump on the hustings, the coming weeks of campaigning in America will have less ...
—Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2020
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