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HOT LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hot line mean? 

HOT LINE (noun)
  The noun HOT LINE has 1 sense:

1. a direct telephone line between two officialsplay

  Familiarity information: HOT LINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOT LINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A direct telephone line between two officials

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("hot line" is a kind of...):

line; phone line; subscriber line; telephone circuit; telephone line (a telephone connection)


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