Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get someone in a line

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.21 in modern English

Syllables: get -some-one in a -line
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To hoax or entrap somebody, so as to get some sport out of them.

Archaic; Slang

Example Sentences

"I am afraid they have got me in a line.* In addition to the rest of my troubles, I find this shifting ships and fitting out messes attended with an enormous expense. […] * A common phrase among the seamen at Bitche, meaning to allure or entice."
"He's got the gibbet in his face now. Gad! you have choked him there. Yes, she's got him in a line."

Usage

Inflected Forms

gets someone in a line (present, singular) getting someone in a line (participle, present) got someone in a line (past) got someone in a line (participle, past) gotten someone in a line (participle, past)

Questions

What does get someone in a line mean?: To hoax or entrap somebody, so as to get some sport out of them.

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