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up the line

b. In the war of 1914–18, the trenches collectively; the front line. So up the line (see quots.).

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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [noun] > front or front line

edge1535

front1665

firing line1859

Eastern Front1914

Western Front1914

line1916

second front1941

warfront1950

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [adverb] > at or to front

out front1865

up the line1916

out there1917

1916 H. W. Fowler Let. 5 Mar. in S.P.E. Tract (Soc. for Pure Eng.) (1935) No. 43. 136 What may be going on up the line who knows?

1917 W. Owen Let. 4 Feb. (1967) 430 I am now indeed and in truth very far behind the Line; sent down to this old Town [sc. Abbeville] for a Course in Transport Duties.

1917 A. G. Empey Over Top 313 ‘Up the line.’ Term generally used in rest billets when Tommy talks about the fire trench or fighting line.

1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 52 Up the line, in action. ‘Up the line, with the best of luck’—a satirical phrase applied to men who, after being for some time in a safe occupation, were returned to fighting units.

1964 B. Gardner (title) Up the line to death.

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up the line

i. up the line: on leave. Nautical slang.

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1942 Gen 1 Sept. 13/2 When a sailor goes on leave he goes ‘up the line’.

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up the line

colloquial (chiefly North American regional, Australian, and New Zealand). up the line: denoting a place or region further along a railway line or road, esp. a place situated to the north or in a more remote or rural area. Also used adverbially: in or towards such a place. Now also English regional (Devon and Cornwall): outside of Devon or Cornwall.

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1873 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 1 Nov. The city has been full of ‘carpet baggers’ from up the line all week.

1944 M. Trist in Coast to Coast 1943 225 Else and that fellow from up the line. There's been sin.

1951 J. Kerouac On the Road: Orig. Scroll (2007) 126 A fairly new car stopped... ‘Where you going?’ ‘Denver.’ ‘Well I can take you a hundred miles up the line.’

1992 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 4 Sept. a3 The Richardsons had..scores of relatives ‘up the line’ and a family cottage near Perth.

2003 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 8 May 11 The South West's wealthy are apparently going up the line to Bristol and Bath to spend their money.

2012 @samkev22 11 Nov. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) He came down from up the line just so he could go to remembrance service on plymouth hoe.

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单词	up the line
释义	> as lemmas up the line b. In the war of 1914–18, the trenches collectively; the front line. So up the line (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [noun] > front or front line edge1535 front1665 firing line1859 Eastern Front1914 Western Front1914 line1916 second front1941 warfront1950 society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [adverb] > at or to front out front1865 up the line1916 out there1917 1916 H. W. Fowler Let. 5 Mar. in S.P.E. Tract (Soc. for Pure Eng.) (1935) No. 43. 136 What may be going on up the line who knows? 1917 W. Owen Let. 4 Feb. (1967) 430 I am now indeed and in truth very far behind the Line; sent down to this old Town [sc. Abbeville] for a Course in Transport Duties. 1917 A. G. Empey Over Top 313 ‘Up the line.’ Term generally used in rest billets when Tommy talks about the fire trench or fighting line. 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 52 Up the line, in action. ‘Up the line, with the best of luck’—a satirical phrase applied to men who, after being for some time in a safe occupation, were returned to fighting units. 1964 B. Gardner (title) Up the line to death. extracted from linen.² up the line i. up the line: on leave. Nautical slang. ΚΠ 1942 Gen 1 Sept. 13/2 When a sailor goes on leave he goes ‘up the line’. extracted from linen.² up the line colloquial (chiefly North American regional, Australian, and New Zealand). up the line: denoting a place or region further along a railway line or road, esp. a place situated to the north or in a more remote or rural area. Also used adverbially: in or towards such a place. Now also English regional (Devon and Cornwall): outside of Devon or Cornwall. ΚΠ 1873 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 1 Nov. The city has been full of ‘carpet baggers’ from up the line all week. 1944 M. Trist in Coast to Coast 1943 225 Else and that fellow from up the line. There's been sin. 1951 J. Kerouac On the Road: Orig. Scroll (2007) 126 A fairly new car stopped... ‘Where you going?’ ‘Denver.’ ‘Well I can take you a hundred miles up the line.’ 1992 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 4 Sept. a3 The Richardsons had..scores of relatives ‘up the line’ and a family cottage near Perth. 2003 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 8 May 11 The South West's wealthy are apparently going up the line to Bristol and Bath to spend their money. 2012 @samkev22 11 Nov. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) He came down from up the line just so he could go to remembrance service on plymouth hoe. extracted from linen.² < as lemmas
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