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Line up

verb

Form a line.

Get something or somebody for a specific purpose. Synonyms: come up, find, get hold. "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing" , "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"

Form a queue, form a line, stand in line. Synonyms: queue, queue up.

Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight. Synonyms: adjust, align, aline. "Align the sheets of paper on the table"

Arrange in ranks. Synonym: dress.

Take one's position before a kick-off.

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"Line up" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Hollandish torpedo boat Lynx. I asked by signals, 'Why do you follow me?' No answer. The next morning I found myself in Hollandish waters, so I raised pennant and war flag. Now the Lynx came at top speed past us. As it passed I had my men line up on deck, and gave a greeting. The greeting was answered. Then, before the harbor at Padang, I went aboard the Lynx in my well and carefully preserved uniform and declared my intentions. The commandant opined that I could run into the harbor, but whether I might come ...

— The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) - History of the European War from Official Sources • Various

... and Arv were to rush back to the Sea Hound, get an underwater pump from the gear carried aboard, and install it just off the beach. From there, they were to run a pipe line up into the cave, using special plastic tubing which hooked together in ...

— Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X • Victor Appleton

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