line
Related to line: business line
line
1. A series of words, as in a conversation, poem, song, etc. He fed the reporters some line about being dedicated to the average worker, but we all know that's a lie. Our songs are really collaborative efforts, and we usually toss lines back and forth to see what fits the song best.
2. slang A line of a powdered drug, especially cocaine, meant to be inhaled through one's nose. I walked in to find them snorting lines of coke off our living room table. I started out doing a line or two in the morning to help pick me up for work, but then I slowly found myself needing to keep doing throughout the day.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
line
1. n. a story or argument; a story intended to seduce someone. (see also lines.) Don’t feed me that line. Do you think I was born yesterday?
2. and rail n. a dose of finely cut cocaine arranged in a line, ready for insufflation or snorting. Let’s you and me go do some lines, okay? The addict usually “snorts” one or two of these “rails” with some sort of a tube.
lines
n. words; conversation. (see also line.) We tossed some lines back and forth for a while and then split.
See also: line
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- (one) has to draw a/the line somewhere
- (one's) butt is on the line
- (one's) line of country
- (the) top of the line
- a dead cat on the line
- a fine line
- a fine line between something
- a hot line
- a line in the sand
- a line on (someone or something)
- a thin line
- a thin line between love and hate
- all along the line
- all along/down the line
- all the way down the line
- along similar lines
- along the line
- along the lines
- along the lines of
- along the lines of (something)
- along the right lines
- along these lines
- along those lines
- at the end of the line
- be along the lines of (something)
- be in line
- be in line for
- be in line for something
- be in line with (someone or something)
- be in the firing line
- be in the front line
- be in the pipeline
- be on the line
- be on the lines of (something)
- be on the right lines
- be out of line
- below the breadline
- blow (one's) lines
- blow it
- blow one’s lines
- bottom line
- bottom of the line
- bright-line
- bright-line rule
- bring (someone or something) into line
- bring into line
- bring somebody/something into line
- cash on the barrelhead
- cash on the line
- chat-up line
- choose the line of least resistance
- chow down
- clear (one's) lines
- close ranks
- color inside the lines
- color outside the lines
- come down to the line
- come in(to) line
- come into line
- come on line
- come online
- cross a line
- cross the line
- cut in line
- dead cat on the line
- do a line
- do a line with (someone)
- do a line with someone
- don't give me that line
- don't hand me that line
- down the line
- draw (the) battle lines
- draw a line
- draw a line between
- draw a line between (two things)
- draw a line in the sand
- draw a line under (something)
- draw a line under something
- draw the line
- draw the line at
- draw the line at (something)
- draw the line at, to
- draw the line between and else Go to draw a line between
- drop (one) a few lines
- drop (one) a line
- drop (one) a note
- drop a line
- drop a line and drop a few lines; drop a note
- drop somebody a line/note
- drop someone a line
- end of the line
- fall for (someone or something) hook, line, and sinker
- fall for someone hook, line and sinker
- fall for something hook, line and sinker
- fall in line
- fall in(to) line
- fall into line
- feed (one) a line
- feed someone a line
- fire a line
- firing line
- firing line, on the
- fix up
- flatline
- fluff (one's) lines
- fluff lines
- get (one's) lines crossed
- get (one's) wires crossed
- get a line on
- get a line on (someone or something)
- get a line on someone
- get in(to) line
- get your lines/wires crossed
- get your wires crossed
- give (one) a line
- give a line
- go down the line
- Go on
- go online
- hard line
- hard lines
- hard lines!
- hard luck/lines
- have a line on (someone or something)
- hold the line
- hold the line at (someone or something)
- hook, line and sinker
- hook, line, and sinker
- hot line
- hotline
- in keeping
- in line
- in line for
- in line for something
- in line with (someone or something)
- in the firing line
- in the front line
- in the front line(s) (of something)
- in the line of duty
- in the line of fire
- in/out of line with somebody/something
- keep (one) in line
- keep in line
- landline
- lay (one's) life on the line
- lay (something) on the line
- lay it on the line
- lay it on the line, to
- lay on the line
- lay some sweet lines on
- lay some sweet lines on (one)
- lay some sweet lines on someone
- lead the line
- least resistance, line of
- line
- line (one's) (own) pocket(s)
- line (something) with (something)
- line drive
- line in the sand
- line of country
- line of fire, in the
- line of least resistance
- line on
- line one’s own pocket
- line one’s own pockets
- line one's pockets
- line one's pockets, to
- line own pocket
- line pockets
- line up
- line up against
- line up along
- line up alongside
- line up behind
- line up for
- line up for (something)
- line up in
- line up on
- line up with
- line with
- line your /somebody's pocket
- line your pocket
- line your pockets
- lines
- move the goal line
- muff (one's) lines
- next in line
- offline
- off-line
- on line
- on the firing line
- on the front line(s) of (something)
- on the line
- on the lines of (something)
- on the right lines
- on/along the lines of...
- One has to draw the line somewhere
- online
- out of line
- over the line
- overstep the mark/line
- party line
- party line, the
- pick-up line
- pitch (one) a line
- pitch a line/story/yarn
- put (one's) butt on the line
- put (one's) life on the line
- put (one's) neck on the line
- put (oneself) on the line
- put it on the line
- put neck on the line
- put some sweet lines on (one)
- put some sweet lines on someone
- put your neck on the line
- put yourself on the line
- read between the lines
- read between the lines, to
- run down some lines
- shoot a line
- sign on the dotted line
- sign on the dotted line, to
- somewhere along the line
- somewhere, etc. along/down the line
- spin (one) a line
- stag line
- step out of line
- swallow (something) hook, line, and sinker
- swallow hook, line, and sinker
- take a firm line (on or against something)
- take a firm line/stand
- take a hard line
- take the line of least resistance
- the battle lines are drawn
- the betting (line) is (that)
- the bottom line
- the dotted line
- the end of the line
- the end of the road
- the end of the road/line
- the line of least resistance
- the party line
- there is a fine line between
- there is a fine line between (something) and (something else)
- toe the line
- toe the line/mark, to
- toe the mark
- tread a fine line between (something)
- tread a thin line between (something)
- tread/walk a fine/thin line
- walk a fine line between (something)
- walk a fine line between something
- walk a thin line
- walk on a thin line between (something) and (something else)
- walk the line
- What's the betting (line)
- Who is on the line?
- Who is on the phone?
- Who's on the phone?
- work (one's way) down the line