Meaning of LINE UP
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- [v] place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"
- [v] arrange in ranks; "dress troops"
- [v] form a queue, form a line, stand in line
- [v] get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
- [v] form a line; "The buildings all line up neatly"
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| | Synonyms: | | adjust, align, aline, come up, dress, find, get hold, queue, queue up |
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| | See Also: | | acquire, arrange, change orientation, collimate, concenter, concentre, focalise, focalize, focus, get, orient, position, realign, realine, reorient, set up, stand, stand up, synchronise, synchronize, true, true up, wait | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Line"-up`\, Lineup \Line"up`\, n.
The formation of football players before the start or a
restart of play; hence (Colloq.), any arrangement of persons
(rarely, of things), esp. when having a common purpose or
sentiment; as, the line-up at a ticket-office window; the
line-up of political factions.
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| | Related Terms: | | align, allocate, allot, apportion, arrange, array, bank, bill, book, budget, calendar, collimate, collineate, collocate, compose, cool off, correspond, deal, deal out, deploy, dispose, distribute, docket, equate, equidistance, fall in, fall into line, fall into rank, fix, follow, form, form a line, get in formation, get in line, grade, harmonize, hierarchize, lay out, line, marshal, match, methodize, normalize, order, organize, pacify, parallelize, parcel out, place, place parallel to, program, queue, queue up, quiet, rally, range, rank, realign, regiment, regularize, regulate, routinize, row, schedule, set out, set up, slate, space, standardize, string out, structure, systematize, take rank, tranquilize |
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