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Line up

//lɑenˈɐp// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Nonstandard spelling of lineup. alt-of, nonstandard
  2. 2
    A haircut where the front region of a person's hair is shaved to form a crisp line between their hair and the shaved region, sometimes coordinated to create a smooth transition between their hair and beard.
Verb
  1. 1
    To align; to put in alignment; to put in correct adjustment for smooth running.
  2. 2
    place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight wordnet
  3. 3
    To put things in a line. transitive
  4. 4
    take one's position before a kick-off wordnet
  5. 5
    To get into a line; especially, so as to wait one's turn. intransitive

    "For the steam services, passengers with reserved seats are assembled behind the appropriate notice boards in the centre cab road, which is barred to motor traffic on summer Saturdays. Unreserved passengers line up behind other boards, which merely display destinations and not departure times."

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  1. 6
    arrange in ranks wordnet
  2. 7
    To start a game in a certain position on the playing field. intransitive

    "The Nigerian forward lined up on the left of a front three with Keane in the middle and Frederic Piquionne on the right, and it was from Keane's lay-off that the former Portsmouth striker curled a shot straight at Ben Foster on 20 minutes."

  3. 8
    form a queue, form a line, stand in line wordnet
  4. 9
    To make arrangements for an event.

    "A number of famous actors and musicians have been lined up for the celebrations."

  5. 10
    get something or somebody for a specific purpose wordnet
  6. 11
    To support a group or movement.

    "The final vote between Hollande and Sarkozy now depends on a delicate balance of how France's total of rightwing and leftwing voters line up."

  7. 12
    form a line wordnet
  8. 13
    To agree or correspond.

    "Fury Road is a long way away from being a political tract, but it is a story about heroic women overcoming the influence of a predatory, proprietary, evil man, and I do think that matters. In any case, I’ve been doing my best to enjoy politically repellant action movies for my entire life, and I can’t even tell you how great it is that my favorite action movie of all time happens to have ideas about life that line up with my own. That’s one of Fury Road’s many miracles."

  9. 14
    To have switches set so the train is capable of moving along its correct route.

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