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To catch the Speaker’s eye. The rule in the House of Commons is that the member whose rising to address the House is first observed by the Speaker is allowed precedence.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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