inside-the-Beltway
(US) of or relating to things that occur in Washington, D.C., usually in relation to United States national politics.
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(US) of or relating to things that occur in Washington, D.C., usually in relation to United States national politics.
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(US, pejorative), out of touch with the sentiments of people living outside of Washington, D.C.; elitist, insular.
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(US) within the portions of Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia encircled by Interstate 495 (the Washington Beltway).
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- beltway74%
An American term for a ring road or circumferential freeway that loops around a city, allowing through traffic to bypass the urban core. The most famous is the Capital Beltway (I-495) encircling Washington D.C., which gave rise to the political idiom 'inside the Beltway' — meaning the insular, self-referential world of D.C. politics and government. As political slang, 'Beltway' is shorthand for the disconnected elite of Washington: 'Beltway thinking,' 'Beltway media,' 'Beltway insiders.'
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(US) A freeway that encircles a city.
- K Street57%
(US, politics, by restriction) The section of K Street, D.C., USA, where political lobbyists have their offices.