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GET A LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does get a line mean?
• GET A LINE (verb)
The verb GET A LINE has 1 sense:
1. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
Familiarity information: GET A LINE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
discover; find out; get a line; get wind; get word; hear; learn; pick up; see
Context example:
I see that you have been promoted
Verb group:
find; see; witness (perceive or be contemporaneous with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get a line"):
get the goods (discover some bad or hidden information about)
wise up (get wise to)
catch; trip up (detect a blunder or misstep)
ascertain (learn or discover with certainty)
discover; find (make a discovery)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Context examples
"To get a line on things," he hastily amended.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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