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line someone or something up 1. Lit. to put people or things in line. Line everyone up and march them onstage. Line up the kids, please. Please line these books up. Hey, you guys! Line yourselves up! 2. Fig. to schedule someone or something [for something]. Please line somebody up for the entertainment. We will try to line up a magician and a clown for the party. They lined up a chorus for the last act. line someone or something up (in something) to put people or things into some kind of formation, such as a row, column, ranks, etc. The teacher lined the children up in two rows. Please line up the children in a row. line up to form a line; to get into a line. All right, everyone, line up! line up something also line something up to organize or arrange for something to be done Lee had already lined up a good lawyer to handle his case. I'll try to line something up for Saturday - maybe we could go to the museum. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of line up (to form a line) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Off-price retailers like Best Buy, Nordstrom Rack and Ross Dress for Less are slowly adopting a design secret that airlines and banks have known about for years: one single, snaking line makes impatient customers feel they are being treated more fairly than if they line up behind multiple cash registers. |
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