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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Judge had another chance at history with ex-Yankee Jake Bauers, an outfielder, pitching in the eighth inning, but the slugger lined out to deep left.
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Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
In a consumer study, participants found that this cream ironed our their lines out in just seven days.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2024
Arenado struck out in his first and third trips to the plate, and lined out in between.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
The line out the door looked like diners waiting for tables — blue Dodgers hats, oversize vintage button-downs, esoteric diner T-shirts — but this was a crew of volunteer drivers who’d signed up on Instagram.
—Tejal Rao, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
In a consumer study, participants found that this cream ironed our their lines out in just seven days.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2024
Arenado struck out in his first and third trips to the plate, and lined out in between.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
The line out the door looked like diners waiting for tables — blue Dodgers hats, oversize vintage button-downs, esoteric diner T-shirts — but this was a crew of volunteer drivers who’d signed up on Instagram.
—Tejal Rao, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Line out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20out. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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