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clear one's linesTo clear the ball away from a dangerous position.Rate it:

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along the linesIn a general direction or manner.Rate it:

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hard linesExpressed to someone suffering misfortune.Rate it:

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Read Between the LinesTo discern the reality, or the hidden truth from something such as a fact or documentRate it:

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read between the linesTo infer a meaning that is not stated explicitly.Rate it:

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death spiralA manoeuvre in which a male skater spins in place while holding one hand of his female skating partner as she circles around him with one skate on the ice and one leg extended outward parallel to the ice surface, all the while slowly lowering herself until her back almost touches the ice surface.Rate it:

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every good boy deserves fudgeA mnemonic phrase to help remember the order of the five lines on a musical treble stave in order from the bottom to the top: E G B D F.Rate it:

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X outto cross out with letter X's, or with scribble, or with lines.Rate it:

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double vertical lineThe typographical character ‖; a symbol composed of two closely spaced line-height vertical lines.Rate it:

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against the grainTo sand or plane a piece of wood parallel or nearly parallel to the fibers such that splinters forming ahead of the tool originate below the cutting surface.Rate it:

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go out1922, Alfred Edward Housman, XXVIII, lines 3-4.Rate it:

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ABCA type of poem in which the lines start with the letters of the alphabet in order.Rate it:

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aciem triplicem instruere (B. G. 1. 24)to draw up the army in three lines.Rate it:

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birds of a featherC1710, Jonathan Swift, "A Conference," lines 11-12.Rate it:

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bottom fishingFishing with bait, lines, and other gear used to catch aquatic creatures which inhabit the lowest regions of a body of water, including a seabed or riverbed.Rate it:

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by the same tokenFor a similar reason; in a similar manner; similarly; likewise; along the same lines.Rate it:

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file outTo exit in one or more single file lines.Rate it:

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German wheelAn apparatus made up of two large, usually steel rings joined together by a set of parallel steel bars.Rate it:

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give earDante Gabriel Rosetti, A Death-Parting, lines 5-6.Rate it:

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in the crosshairsTargeted at the point of intersection of the two perpendicular lines in a gunsight or scope.Rate it:

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jug earsEars whose plane is markedly not parallel to the plane of the head.Rate it:

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leadA thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.Rate it:

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lire entre les lignesto read between the linesRate it:

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munitiones perrumpereto break through the lines (and relieve a town).Rate it:

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pick outTo ornament or relieve with lines etc. of a different, usually lighter, colour.Rate it:

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plura in eam sententiam disputareto discuss a subject more fully on the same lines.Rate it:

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private branch exchangeTelephone lines.Rate it:

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proelio concurritur (Sall. Iug. 59)the lines charge in battle one on another.Rate it:

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shit stormHey series of challenging events in parallelRate it:

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side wallEither of the two parallel walls in a racquetball or squash court, perpendicular to the front wall; either of the walls on the side of the court.Rate it:

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similitudines afferreto cite parallel cases.Rate it:

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slip her cablesRelease, loose, disconnect mooring lines,cables securing a vessel to a harbor buoy.Rate it:

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straight manA member of a team of comic performers who plays a supporting role by helping to set up jokes and punch lines through engaging in preparatory dialog with the principal comedian; a foil who plays such a role in theatrical comedy.Rate it:

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