line out
verb
lined out; lining out; lines out
1
: to indicate with or as if with lines : outline
line out a route
2
: to arrange in an extended line
1
: to move rapidly
lined out for home
2
: to make an out by hitting a baseball in a line drive that is caught
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She’s worked on the show since the beginning, and in her fourth season has seen beloved haunts of hers from past episodes suddenly sprout lines out their doors.
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Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2024
Before the brouhaha in the ninth, Ryan Mountcastle reached second with two outs in the seventh off reliever Tommy Kahnle, but Henderson, who went 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position Friday, lined out to right field.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2024
By day, Bandit Coffee Co. bustles with regulars, often with a line out the door, as one of St. Pete's most-beloved coffee shops.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 12 July 2024
Roberts came for Kershaw and replaced him with Joe Kelly, who made Turner line out to center field.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
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Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2024
Before the brouhaha in the ninth, Ryan Mountcastle reached second with two outs in the seventh off reliever Tommy Kahnle, but Henderson, who went 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position Friday, lined out to right field.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2024
By day, Bandit Coffee Co. bustles with regulars, often with a line out the door, as one of St. Pete's most-beloved coffee shops.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 12 July 2024
Roberts came for Kershaw and replaced him with Joe Kelly, who made Turner line out to center field.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Line out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20out. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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