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*line on someone or something

Fig. an idea on how to locate someone or something; an idea for finding someone who can help with someone or something. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I got a line on a book that might help explain what you want to know. Sally has a line on someone who could help you fix up your apartment.

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If you are using six jumps, be sure to ask your horse to take the straight line on occasion so that he learns that he must listen to you and be prepared for whatever comes his way. Horse Riding - Practicing the Bent Line by Phil Wiskell / Pets and Animals community Once a trend line is established, create a duplicate parallel line on the chart. Trading the Trend Lines and Price Channels by ActionForex.com / Finance and Investment community In the early 60s I travelled along the line on a charter special train for enthusiasts (top) which was travelling along freight only lines and lines expected to close under Beeching. Pic Of The Past by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)			like the wind like there's no tomorrow like to hear oneself talk like tryin' to scratch your ear with your elbow like turkeys voting for Christmas like water off a duck's back like wildfire like, you know likely likely as not liken to likes of Likewise liking lily lily-livered lily-white limb limber up limelight limit limit to limp-wristed line line of least resistance line on line own pocket line pockets line up line up against line up alongside line up behind line up for line up in line up on line up with line with linen linger linger around linger on linger over link link to link up link up to lion lion's share of lions lip lips are sealed			Line of striction Line of striction line of strike line of succession line of succession Line of Sucession line of support Line of symmetry Line of syzygies Line of Technology Line of the Air Force Line Of The Day line of thought line of thrust Line of Travel Line of Travel line of tunnel line of verse Line Of Visibility Line of Visibility Enterprise Modeling Line of Visibility Methodology line of vision line of work line of work Line Off Hook Line Office line officer line oiler line on line one's pockets Line Operated Busy Light Line Operation Assessment System Line Operational Evaluation Line Operational Simulation Line Operations Safety Audit line organisation line organization Line Oriented Editor Line Oriented Evaluation Line out Line out Line out Line out Line out Line Out Converter Line Out Dock Line Out of Service Line Outage Recorder Line Output Transformer Line OutPut Transistor Line Overhead line overlap line own pocket line pack line pad Line pair Line pair Line pair Line pair

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