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单词 to stand in line
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to stand in line
f. to stand in line.
(a) Military. To get in formation; to take one's place in the ranks.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form or reform [verb (intransitive)] > fall into line
to fall in1627
align1781
to stand in line1788
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait, await [verb (intransitive)] > in a queue
to stand in line1851
queue1920
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > arrangement in (a) row(s) or line(s > form (a) row(s) or line(s [verb (intransitive)] > form a queue
to stand in line1851
queue1920
1788 D. Dundas Princ. Mil. Movements 123 The whole battalions now stood in line in their regular order from left to right.
1862 G. Hooper Waterloo i. v. 96 ‘How are they forming?’... ‘In column, not in line,’ I replied; ‘the Prussian soldier, Blucher says, will not stand in line.’
2000 R. Gragg Covered with Glory iii. 37 The men of the 26th North Carolina..stood in line—more than 800 of them—on a field just outside Fredericksburg.
(b) Chiefly U.S. To wait one's turn in a line or queue; to join or form a queue. Also (New York): to stand on line.
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1851 Boston Daily Atlas 18 Mar. There have been several times as many as three hundred people standing in line awaiting their turn to see the great prize!
1972 B. Rinkoff Watchers xix. 119 Mr. Townsend had our tickets already so we didn't have to stand on line.
2009 K. Paterson Day of Pelican 111 After weeks of trudging the streets and standing in line at the employment office, Mr. Craven found a little downtown restaurant that needed a dishwasher.
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