LINES Definition & Meaning

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lines

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plural noun

general appearance or outline
a car with fine lines
a plan of procedure or construction
built on traditional lines
1. the spoken words of a theatrical presentation
2. the words of a particular role
  he forgot his lines
informal.
a marriage certificate
marriage lines
luck, fate, or fortune (esp in the phrase hard lines )
1. rows of tents, buildings, temporary stabling, etc, in a military camp
  transport lines
2. a defensive position, row of trenches, or other fortification
  we broke through the enemy lines
1. a school punishment of writing the same sentence or phrase out a specified number of times
2. the phrases or sentences so written out
  a hundred lines
read between the lines
to understand or find an implicit meaning in addition to the obvious one

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The odds that any of those will catch on are long since the prevalence of assigning nicknames to top NHL lines has faded in recent years, robbing the game of some of its fun.

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"I read the lines indifferently. And yet, amazingly, I was told I had the part."

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The indictment alleges Combs and his associates transported sex workers across state lines for the encounters, which were allegedly recorded at times.

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It presented a kind of calmness in the face of Trump, giving off a vibe along the lines of: do your best Washington, this is China and we're not interested in your nonsense.

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"They are trying to remove us from the front lines," he says.

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