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Phrase(s): line someone or something up against something
to put people or things into a row in front of or against something. • We lined everyone up against the wall for the photograph. • Please line up everyone against the wall., Phrase(s): line up against someone or something
to organize against someone or something. • Our people lined up against the candidate and defeated her soundly. • We will line up against the opposing party as we did during the last election.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs