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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No shocker, there’s usually a line out the door at The Ruby, especially on weekends.
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Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Juan Soto lined out, and then both Giancarlo Stanton and Jazz Chisholm struck out.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
Trump is the only candidate of my lifetime who can make a reliable applause line out of the latest Rasmussen poll.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
Solvang, the vestige of a Danish settlement once regarded as something of an oddity of the Central Valley, now has lines out the door of every restaurant.
—Maxwell Williams, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
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Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Juan Soto lined out, and then both Giancarlo Stanton and Jazz Chisholm struck out.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
Trump is the only candidate of my lifetime who can make a reliable applause line out of the latest Rasmussen poll.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
Solvang, the vestige of a Danish settlement once regarded as something of an oddity of the Central Valley, now has lines out the door of every restaurant.
—Maxwell Williams, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Line out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20out. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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