mainlineadjective
uk/ˈmeɪn.laɪn/us/ˈmeɪn.laɪn/mainline adjective (COMMON)
usually US involving beliefs, methods, etc. that are most common:
mainline churches
the rivalry between catalog companies and mainline stores
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Habitual and customary
- accustomed
- all in a day's work idiom
- as a (general) rule idiom
- as a matter of course idiom
- as per usual/normal idiom
- expect
- more
- more often than not idiom 1
- more often than not
- natural
- naturally
- nine
- prevail
- pro forma
- rule
- rule
- surprise
- surprise, surprise idiom
- trad
- usu
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Standard and routine
mainline adjective (RAILWAY)
UK relating to an important railway route between large towns or cities:
Three mainline railway stations were closed because of bomb threats.
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Railways & railway lines
- Amtrak
- barrier
- buffer
- cable railway
- funicular
- grade crossing
- junction
- light railway
- metro
- monorail
- narrow-gauge
- point
- railroad
- railroad tie
- rapid-transit
- signal
- subway
- switch
- switchback
- track
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mainlineverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈmeɪn.laɪn/us/ˈmeɪn.laɪn/slangto inject (= put into the body through a needle) drugs directly into the blood:
Several of her friends were mainlining heroin.
By now she was mainlining.
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Drugs - general words
- bong
- chase
- chems
- crank
- detox
- dope
- doped up
- gear
- jacked up
- legal high
- OD
- overdose
- peddler
- pop
- snort
- soft
- spliff
- spliff up
- trip
- whacked
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