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on the line

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  1. on the lineadverb

    Currently calling on the telephone.

  2. on the lineadverb

    On one of the lines marked on a playing field or court and, hence, in bounds.

  3. on the lineadjective

    On a level with the eye of the observer, as of a picture hung in on a wall.

  4. on the lineadjective

    At risk, as in a contest or enterprise.

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  1. On the Line

    On the Line is a 2001 American romantic comedy film starring Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Emmanuelle Chriqui. The film was directed by Eric Bross and was written by Eric Aronson and Paul Stanton, based upon their short film of the same name.

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  1. on the line

    Read the full text of the On The Line poem by Kurt Philip Behm on the Poetry.com website.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of on the line in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of on the line in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of on the line in a Sentence

  1. Kimberly Morgan:

    Francois Fillon picked up a lot of Le Pen’s line on immigration, but Francois Fillon is much more neoliberal when it comes to Francois Fillon economic policies.

  2. Ian Williams:

    The [Chinese] numbers were not way out of line and slower activity numbers were kind of priced in, despite all the noise around China and Trump, you are going to get a real indication of macroeconomic health much more from company management. I suspect that's what the focus will be for the next two to three weeks.

  3. Cory Mills:

    This is an attempt to save face by the administration for the Americans they left behind. This is a woman with three children from age 15 all the way down to two-years-old. And they did nothing to try to expedite this… But at the very last minute you have these ‘senior officials’ at the State Department trying to claim credit for this like ‘oh yeah look what we've done,' it's like we carried the ball to the 99-and-a-half yard line and them taking it that last half yard and being like ‘look what we did.’.

  4. Davide Tabarelli:

    Italy has the tightest regulations in Europe that don't exist elsewhere and they're frightening off investors, with so much uncertainty, who will have the courage to invest even outside the 12 mile line?

  5. James Wilson:

    The current language offers the commission a bright line standard to make those determinations.


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