into line
idiom
: into a state of agreement or cooperation
It was difficult to get/bring everyone into line.
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And even if House RINOs make a fuss, Senate conservatives would have the president’s bully pulpit as the enforcer to help get the entire party into line.
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Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2025
The storms are expected to consolidate into line segments, which could produce damaging winds of 60 to 70 mph.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2025
The app translated this information into line graphs that looked impressively medical but were, to me, indecipherable.
—Anonymous, Vogue, 10 May 2025
Gleichschaltung brings the unconscious—the self’s most ungovernable part—into line, and in doing so empties the individual of creativity, vitality, and, most importantly, resistance.
—Zoe Roth
april 30, Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2025
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Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2025
The storms are expected to consolidate into line segments, which could produce damaging winds of 60 to 70 mph.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2025
The app translated this information into line graphs that looked impressively medical but were, to me, indecipherable.
—Anonymous, Vogue, 10 May 2025
Gleichschaltung brings the unconscious—the self’s most ungovernable part—into line, and in doing so empties the individual of creativity, vitality, and, most importantly, resistance.
—Zoe Roth
april 30, Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for into line
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“Into line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/into%20line. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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