get a line on someone
get a line on (someone or something)
To have or obtain helpful information about someone or something. I've got a line on a few job opportunities in the city. John says he can get a line on a guy who can fix the car for half the price.
See also: get, line, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
get a line on someone
mainly AMERICAN, INFORMALIf you get a line on someone or something, you get some information about them. We've been trying to get a line on you, and the more we try, the less we find. Note: You can say that you have a line on someone or something if you have some information about them. I really don't have a line on what's going to happen yet.
See also: get, line, on, someone
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- get a line on
- get a line on (someone or something)
- get in(to) line
- come in(to) line
- come into line
- step out of line
- all along the line
- all along/down the line
- be out of line
- the dotted line