line up

line up
verb
1. form a line (Freq. 3)
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The buildings all line up neatly

• Hypernyms: ↑arrange, ↑set up
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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Something is ——ing PP

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Somebody ——s PP

2. form a queue, form a line, stand in line (Freq. 1)
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Customers lined up in front of the store

• Syn: ↑queue up, ↑queue
• Derivationally related forms: ↑queue (for: ↑queue), ↑lineup
• Hypernyms: ↑stand, ↑stand up
• Entailment: ↑wait
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

3. place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight (Freq. 1)
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align the car with the curb

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align the sheets of paper on the table

• Syn: ↑align, ↑aline, ↑adjust
• Ant: ↑skew (for: ↑align)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑alignment (for: ↑align)
• Hypernyms: ↑reorient
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

4. get something or somebody for a specific purpose (Freq. 1)
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I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener

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I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing

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The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter

• Syn: ↑get hold, ↑come up, ↑find
• Hypernyms: ↑get, ↑acquire
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s PP

 (for: ↑come up)
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Somebody ——s PP

 (for: ↑get hold)
5. arrange in ranks
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dress troops

• Syn: ↑dress
• Hypernyms: ↑position
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

6. take one's position before a kick-off
• Topics: ↑football, ↑football game
• Hypernyms: ↑play
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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line up [phrasal verb]
1 : to form a line

The soldiers lined up for inspection.

(US) People lined up [=(chiefly Brit) queued up] at the theater waiting to buy tickets.

2 line (people or things) up or line up (people or things) : to put (people or things) into a line

The teacher lined up the children.

The soldiers were lined up for inspection.

The storekeeper carefully lined up the cans on the shelf.

(US) People were lined up [=(chiefly Brit) queued up] at the theater waiting to buy tickets.

3 line (things) up or line up (things) : to place (things) so that their edges form a straight line : ↑align

line up (the edges of) two pieces of paper

4 line (something) up or line up (something) : to succeed in getting (something)

He has been trying to line up support for his proposal.

She managed to line up a summer job.

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Main Entry: ↑line

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ˌline ˈup derived
to stand in a line or row; to form a ↑queue

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Line up, children!

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Cars lined up waiting to board the ship.

Main entry: ↑linederived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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