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line up

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. line upverb

    form a line

    "The buildings all line up neatly"

  2. line up, get hold, come up, findverb

    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"

  3. line up, queue up, queueverb

    form a queue, form a line, stand in line

    "Customers lined up in front of the store"

  4. align, aline, line up, adjustverb

    place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight

    "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"

  5. dress, line upverb

    arrange in ranks

    "dress troops"

  6. line upverb

    take one's position before a kick-off

Wiktionary

  1. line upnoun

    a physical or photographic queue of people allegedly involved in a crime

  2. line upnoun

    A line of people or vehicles, in which the individual at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and in which newcomers join at the end.

  3. line upnoun

    Collectively, the members of a team.

  4. line upnoun

    The batting order.

  5. line upverb

    to put in alignment; to put in correct adjustment for smooth running

  6. line upverb

    To put things in a line

  7. line upverb

    To get into a line

  8. line upverb

    To start a game in a certain position on the playing field.

  9. line upverb

    make arrangements for an event.

  10. line upverb

    to support a group or movement.

Wikipedia

  1. Line Up

    Line Up is alternative rock group Elasticas second major single, released on 31 January 1994. The track was the first song on their debut album, Elastica. It spent three weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #20 on 12 February 1994.

ChatGPT

  1. line up

    Line up refers to arranging or positioning a group of people, objects, or tasks in a straight or specific order or positioning them so they are ready and prepared for an event or action. This term can also refer to the act of assembling a team or a selection of individuals for a specific purpose.

Anagrams for line up »

  1. pinule

  2. up line

  3. up-line

  4. upline

  5. lupine

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of line up in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of line up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of line up in a Sentence

  1. Lee Brown:

    Christopher Peterson have a records department at every facility that's double-checking and making sure the records line up, those people would have potentially had access to paperwork to determine whether this the right guy.

  2. Bill Peterson, Florida State football coach:

    You guys line up alphabetically by height.

  3. Jackdaw Research Dawson:

    If this was happening as part of the legislative process, then companies could line up alongside Apple and it could arguably make a difference, but in this particular situation, the judge will make his decision based on the specific merits of the case.

  4. Rachel Morrison:

    My goal was to have certain moments line up with the words, while leaving others less literal.

  5. Dennis McCarthy:

    If you're a really good passer in football, you line up the axis of rotation with the axis of symmetry of the football, and it doesn't wobble.


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