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to line up

to line up

114 2.7
Arrange for someone or something to be available when needed
  • phrasal verb
  • /laɪn ʌp/
: conseguir
  • The environmental community had promptly lined up in favor of stringent limits on vehicular emissions.

Have you, what people have you lined up to build this thing?

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Examples

  • I brought all the bottles to the kitchen counter and lined them up, seven in all.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Because, Leslie explained, he had lined up a job with an important law firm there.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • And people would line up to see this guy, right?

  • We invite you to line up to ask your question.

  • We have a microphone, oh, just on that side for people to line up and ask questions.

  • Buyers are already lining up.

    Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

  • So, we have a few drummers lined up.

    Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025)

  • The class concludes, and Mr. Weiss tells the students to line up and they exit the gymnasium.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The orderlies brought the blues out on stretchers and lined them up in a neat row.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • We need to line up volunteers for the charity event next weekend.

Synonyms

to find
vsto line up
∞ 1.0

To get someone or something you need for a purpose

arrange for or secure rather than only obtaining
to set up
vsto line up
983 2.7

To assemble and prepare equipment or objects so they are ready to use

arrange or obtain items or people rather than assemble them
to get hold
vsto line up
  • UK
66 3.2

To contact a person or obtain something you need

arrange or obtain without stressing the effort to succeed
to fix up
vsto line up
  • Informal
16 3.7

To arrange for someone to meet another person or get something as a favor

arrange more neutrally without the favour or personal help angle

Antonyms

to dismiss
110 2.7

To tell people to leave a meeting or room

How Secured

to secure
  • Specialized
62 5.3
to confirm
  • Formal
265 2.6
to line up
114 2.7
to arrange
814 2.0
to ask
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

line up infinitive
lined up past
lined up past participle
lining up present participle
lines up third person singular

Morphology

line + up

The sense 'arrange for/obtain' is a metaphorical extension from the literal idea of putting items or people into a line (line) with 'up' adding a sense of arrangement or completion. Although the connection to arranging or securing something can be guessed by seeing the motion/ordering sense, the transitive usage (e.g., 'line up a meeting') is not fully predictable for a B1 learner without prior exposure, so it is only partially transparent.

Etymology

Line up can also come from the idea of putting people or things into a line or 'lining them up' so they are ready for an event, like arranging speakers one after another. So line up means 'to arrange or get someone or something for a particular purpose'.