If you are in linefor something, it is likely to happen to you or you are likely to obtain it. If something is in lineto happen, it is likely to happen.
He must be in line for a place in the Guinness Book of Records. [+ for]
Public sector pay is also in line to be hit hard.
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in-line in British English
adjective
1.
denoting a linked sequence of manufacturing processes
2.
denoting an internal-combustion engine having its cylinders arranged in a line
in line in American English
1.
in a straight row; in alignment
2.
in agreement or conformity
3.
behaving properly or as required
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Examples of 'in-line' in a sentence
in-line
Other executives are also in line for a rise.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
You could also be in line to have all your monthly payments refunded.
The Sun (2009)
The club have also been active in lining up a new striker.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Pilots are also in line for a modest pay rise if cost saving targets are met.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But in this case the lender must get in line with the unsecured creditors.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
The crank mechanism and valve train must remain unchanged and must remain in line with the approved engine.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The law must be brought in line with actual practice and the change in public views on these issues.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The company's capital ratios were also in line with internal targets.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The club are also in line for 16 million of parachute payments this season.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He is also in line to receive up to 750,000 in compensation.
The Sun (2008)
Buyers will also be in line for government cash incentives of up to 5,000.
The Sun (2009)
Imperial said yesterday that this year's results were likely to be in line with expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It is also in line with our view that house prices will be broadly unchanged over 2010 as a whole.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
If these companies enter into bankruptcy before you are repaid, you must wait in line with other creditors for payment.
Miller, Roger LeRoy & Fishe, Raymond P. H. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
In particular, it focuses on a resource that must rise in line with that growth: food.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
All related terms of 'in line'
in/into line
If one object is in line with others, or moves into line with others, they are arranged in a line. You can also say that a number of objects are in line or move into line .
in line for
in the running for; a candidate for
in line with
conforming to
in-line skate
a kind of roller skate having wheels arranged in a line like a blade from toe to heel
in line/into line
If you keep someone in line or bring them into line , you make them obey you, or you make them behave in the way you want them to.
in line of duty
in the performance of authorized or prescribed military duty
wait in a line
When people wait in a line , they stand in a line waiting for something.
in the firing line
in a position where you are likely to be criticized or attacked
in the front line
Someone who is in the front line has to play a very important part in defending or achieving something.
stand/wait in line
When people stand in line or wait in line , they stand one behind the other in a line, waiting their turn for something.
in the line of duty
If you do something or if it happens to you in the line of duty , you do it or it happens as part of your regular work or as a result of it.
in the line of fire
in a position where you are likely to be criticized or attacked
draw a line in the sand
to put a stop to or a limit on something
1 (phrase)
Venus, the Sun and Earth were all in line.
Synonyms
in alignment
lined
level
She knelt down so that their eyes were level.
true
straight
There wasn't a single straight wall in the building.
lined up
in a row
plumb
2 (phrase)
All this was just designed to frighten me and keep me in line.
Synonyms
under control
in order
in check
3 (phrase)
I had been standing in line for three hours.
Synonyms
in a queue
in a row
in a column
See line
Additional synonyms
in the sense of level
Definition
being of the same height as something else
She knelt down so that their eyes were level.
Synonyms
equal,
in line,
aligned,
balanced,
on a line,
at the same height
in the sense of straight
Definition
even, level, or upright
There wasn't a single straight wall in the building.