into line
idiom
: into a state of agreement or cooperation
It was difficult to get/bring everyone into line.
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That gives Dillard’s a little extra space to get expenses into line with sales.
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Evan Clark, WWD, 15 Aug. 2024
The crisis has already placed pressure on deficit countries to adjust through internal devaluation, but to eliminate macroeconomic imbalances within the EU, any such program would also have to force the German economy into line.
—Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016
The protesters’ former allies inside the Democratic establishment aren’t likely to tolerate much more of the disruptive street theater the party has increasingly relied on to motivate parts of its base and intimidate elite institutions into line rather than persuading people of their case.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
The 365-day rule brought Metro into line with other T-Mobile prepaid phones that already came with the year-long lock.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 19 July 2024
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Evan Clark, WWD, 15 Aug. 2024
The crisis has already placed pressure on deficit countries to adjust through internal devaluation, but to eliminate macroeconomic imbalances within the EU, any such program would also have to force the German economy into line.
—Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016
The protesters’ former allies inside the Democratic establishment aren’t likely to tolerate much more of the disruptive street theater the party has increasingly relied on to motivate parts of its base and intimidate elite institutions into line rather than persuading people of their case.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
The 365-day rule brought Metro into line with other T-Mobile prepaid phones that already came with the year-long lock.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 19 July 2024
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“Into line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/into%20line. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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