line out
verb
lined out; lining out; lines out
1
: to indicate with or as if with lines : outline
line out a route
2
: to arrange in an extended line
1
: to move rapidly
lined out for home
2
: to make an out by hitting a baseball in a line drive that is caught
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Hunter Goodman lined out to Montgomery, Jordan Beck popped out to Sosa at second base and Thairo Estrada grounded out to Montgomery.
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
In the fifth, a more promising sign flickered as Bogaerts lined out to first base.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
However, Bradley avoided trouble as Bobby Witt Jr. lined out to end the frame.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
Weissert got Rodriguez to line out, struck out Raleigh, and finished the inning with a Jorge Polanco pop-out.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 17 June 2025
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
In the fifth, a more promising sign flickered as Bogaerts lined out to first base.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
However, Bradley avoided trouble as Bobby Witt Jr. lined out to end the frame.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
Weissert got Rodriguez to line out, struck out Raleigh, and finished the inning with a Jorge Polanco pop-out.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 17 June 2025
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“Line out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20out. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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