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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Arenado struck out in his first and third trips to the plate, and lined out in between.
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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
Now restaurants that had been open for decades suddenly had lines out the door; customers were asking pitmasters for autographs.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
Yet, plenty of Aspen restaurants are actually of the laidback variety: White House Tavern, which is famous for their French dip and crispy chicken sandwich, nearly always has a line out the door.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
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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
Now restaurants that had been open for decades suddenly had lines out the door; customers were asking pitmasters for autographs.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
Yet, plenty of Aspen restaurants are actually of the laidback variety: White House Tavern, which is famous for their French dip and crispy chicken sandwich, nearly always has a line out the door.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Line out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20out. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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