run down some lines
run down some lines
1. Sl. to converse (with someone). I was running down some lines with Fred when the bell rang. Hey, man, let's run down some lines.
2. Sl. to try to seduce someone; to go through a talk leading to seduction. Go run down some lines with someone else. I was just standing there running down some lines with Mary when those guys broke in.
See also: down, line, run
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
run down some lines
1. in. to converse (with someone). I was running down some lines with Fred when the bell rang.
2. in. to try to seduce someone; to go through a talk leading to seduction. (see also run one’s rhymes.) I was just standing there running down some lines with Mary when those guys broke in.
See also: down, line, run
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- come a gutser
- be down to (one)
- be down to somebody/something
- be down to something
- be down to (do something)
- bog
- bog down
- bogged down
- bounce up and down
- close down and shut down