line up
phrasal verbline up
- to stand in a line or row; to form a queue
- Line up, children!
- Cars lined up waiting to board the ship.
line somebody/something up
- to arrange people or things in a straight line or row
- The suspects were lined up against the wall.
- He lined the bottles up along the shelf.
- to arrange for an event or activity to happen, or arrange for somebody to be available to do something
- Mark had a job lined up when he left college.
- I've got a lot lined up this week (= I'm very busy).
- She's lined up a live band for the party.
line something up (with something)
- to move one thing into a correct position in relation to another thing
- To get good TV reception, the dish must be accurately lined up with the satellite.