line out

verb

lined out; lining out; lines out

transitive verb

1

: to indicate with or as if with lines : outline

line out a route

2

: to arrange in an extended line

intransitive verb

1

: to move rapidly

lined out for home

2

: to make an out by hitting a baseball in a line drive that is caught

Examples of line out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Yankees had a chance in the bottom of the ninth, but Edwin Díaz struck out pinch-hitter Austin Wells, induced a line out from Ben Rice and fanned Aaron Judge, ending the game and cementing an 0-for-5 day for the pinstripers’ captain. —Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025

Landen Davidson, redshirt freshman, 6-4, 310: Newly converted from the offensive line out of Colorado. —Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 1 May 2025

Anderson, who retired his first 10 batters, walked the bases loaded with one out in the fourth, but escaped the jam by striking out Jeremy Peña and getting Diaz to line out. —Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025

The court for his second-round loss against Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego looked like an exclusive nightclub — lines out the door and no hope of getting in. —Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Rhymes for line out

• roundabout
• runabout
• sauerkraut
• thereabout
• turnabout
• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout