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line up   (TTS Sound)

The noun lineup has 2 senses

• batting order, card, lineup -- ((baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat; "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate")


• lineup -- (a line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification)

The verb line up has 6 senses

• line up -- (form a line; "The buildings all line up neatly")


• line up, get hold, come up, find -- (get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter")


• line up, queue up, queue -- (form a queue, form a line, stand in line; "Customers lined up in front of the store")


• align, aline, line up, adjust -- (place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table")


• dress, line up -- (arrange in ranks; "dress troops")


• line up -- (take one's position before a kick-off)