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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However, Bradley avoided trouble as Bobby Witt Jr. lined out to end the frame.
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
Weissert got Rodriguez to line out, struck out Raleigh, and finished the inning with a Jorge Polanco pop-out.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 17 June 2025
The Sox had runners on second and third with two outs in the eighth, but Edgar Quero lined out to Seager at shortstop.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
The agreement that allows private utilities to locate their lines underneath the city’s streets also requires them to move their lines out of the way and protect those lines at their own cost when the city needs to upgrade its infrastructure.
—Thomas Foley, New York Daily News, 9 June 2025
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
Weissert got Rodriguez to line out, struck out Raleigh, and finished the inning with a Jorge Polanco pop-out.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 17 June 2025
The Sox had runners on second and third with two outs in the eighth, but Edgar Quero lined out to Seager at shortstop.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
The agreement that allows private utilities to locate their lines underneath the city’s streets also requires them to move their lines out of the way and protect those lines at their own cost when the city needs to upgrade its infrastructure.
—Thomas Foley, New York Daily News, 9 June 2025
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“Line out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20out. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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