Put on a curve
Mujtaba Rahman, of political consultancy Eurasia Group, said: “There was always a feeling that the EU had put the UK on a curve, and the curve would lead in the end to a Norway-style agreement.”
(The Guardian.)
What does "put the UK on a curve" mean in the context above? Does it have something to do with the bell curve?
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AHD "curve" defs. a. : "a.
- AHD "curve" defs.
- a.
- : "a.
- A line representing data on a graph.
- b.
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AHD "curve" defs. 3.a. and 3.b.:
"a. A line representing data on a graph.
b. A trend derived from or as if from such a graph: "Once again, the politicians are behind the curve" (Ted Kennedy)."
His use of "curve" struck me as odd, but I imagine that's because I don't deal in such things often. You might see "trajectory" in that context with the same meaning. It is not the bell c
0I don't think so. My guess is that "curve" means a fixed trajectory or path. To my mind, it is unusually worded.
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