into line
idiom
: into a state of agreement or cooperation
It was difficult to get/bring everyone into line.
Examples of into line in a Sentence
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Making cuts to last year’s budget One potential cost-saving scenario could involve tweaking the budget lawmakers passed last year to bring spending more into line with existing revenue conditions.
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Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2024
More than anything, this January is best presented as something between a restorative and a correction, drawing England back into line with everyone else.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
The marching orders go out, and the infantry falls quickly into line.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 22 Jan. 2024
Among a raft of drastic campaign promises pitched as tough medicine to bring the spiraling economy into line, one promise in particular has gained close attention in the United States: a plan to scrap the Argentine peso entirely and replace it with the U.S. dollar.
—Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
At first, the fronts pulled us away from a stop sign, but at the slightest steering input, the little car simply leapt across the road then snapped back toward centerline when the rears quickly fell back into line.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2023
Now Prosus needs to bring its other investments into line.
—Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2023
Until the West can come up with a more persuasive argument of its own, African nations are unlikely to jump into line behind it.
—Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
Easing off the throttle a tiny amount brings the car right back into line.
—Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2024
More than anything, this January is best presented as something between a restorative and a correction, drawing England back into line with everyone else.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
The marching orders go out, and the infantry falls quickly into line.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 22 Jan. 2024
Among a raft of drastic campaign promises pitched as tough medicine to bring the spiraling economy into line, one promise in particular has gained close attention in the United States: a plan to scrap the Argentine peso entirely and replace it with the U.S. dollar.
—Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
At first, the fronts pulled us away from a stop sign, but at the slightest steering input, the little car simply leapt across the road then snapped back toward centerline when the rears quickly fell back into line.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2023
Now Prosus needs to bring its other investments into line.
—Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2023
Until the West can come up with a more persuasive argument of its own, African nations are unlikely to jump into line behind it.
—Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
Easing off the throttle a tiny amount brings the car right back into line.
—Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
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“Into line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/into%20line. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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