- get a line on someone
- get a line on (someone/something)
American
to get special information that will help you find someone or do something.
Detectives hope to get a line on the suspect from the fingerprints he left.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
get a line on someone
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get a line on something — get a line on (someone/something) American to get special information that will help you find someone or do something. Detectives hope to get a line on the suspect from the fingerprints he left … New idioms dictionary
get a line on — (someone/something) American to get special information that will help you find someone or do something. Detectives hope to get a line on the suspect from the fingerprints he left … New idioms dictionary
have a line on someone — have a line on (someone/something) get a line on (someone/something) to get special information that will help you find someone or do something. She talked like she has a line on what it will take to win … New idioms dictionary
get into line — come/get/fall/into line phrase to agree with or become similar to someone or something else come/get/fall/into line with: It didn’t take much pressure to make him fall into line wit … Useful english dictionary
get — [ get ] (past tense got [ gat ] ; past participle gotten [ gatn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 obtain/receive ▸ 2 become/start to be ▸ 3 do something/have something done ▸ 4 move to/from ▸ 5 progress in activity ▸ 6 fit/put something in a place ▸ 7 understand… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
get/have a line on — US informal : to get or have information about (someone or something that you are trying to find) Have the police managed to get a line on any of the suspects? She says she has a line on a new car. • • • Main Entry: ↑line … Useful english dictionary
line sb's pockets — Ⅰ. line sb s pockets ► to make someone richer, especially in illegal or dishonest ways: »They re the sort of Washington politicians who would line the pockets of their Wall Street friends. »These are simply clutching, greedy people who are just… … Financial and business terms
line your pockets — line your/sb s pockets ► to get richer or make someone richer, especially by acting unfairly or by being dishonest: »He was not accused of lining his own pockets. Main Entry: ↑pocket … Financial and business terms
line your/sb's pockets — ► to get richer or make someone richer, especially by acting unfairly or by being dishonest: »He was not accused of lining his own pockets. Main Entry: ↑pocket … Financial and business terms
line — line1 W1S1 [laın] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(on paper/on the ground)¦ 2¦(between two areas)¦ 3¦(of people/things)¦ 4¦(direction)¦ 5¦(on your face)¦ 6¦(phone)¦ 7¦(for trains)¦ 8¦(between two types of thing)¦ 9¦(shape/edge)¦ 10¦(w … Dictionary of contemporary English
