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Phrase(s): line someone up (with someone)
Go to fix someone up (with someone)., Phrase(s): line someone up (for something)
Fig. to schedule someone for something; to arrange for someone to do or be something. • I lined gardeners up for the summer work on the gardens. • I lined up four of my best friends to serve as ushers at my wedding., Phrase(s): line up
to form a line; to get into a line. • All right, everyone, line up!, Phrase(s): 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., Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Arrange in or form a line, as in Betty lined up the books on the shelf, or The children lined up for lunch. [Late 1800s] 2. Organize, make ready, make the arrangements for, as in They lined up considerable support for the bill, or Nancy was supposed to line up a hall for the concert. [c. 1900]
American Heritage Idioms