into line
idiom
: into a state of agreement or cooperation
It was difficult to get/bring everyone into line.
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Trump is already trying to hammer rebellious House conservatives back into line by threatening to support primary challenges against lawmakers who opposed his bid to raise the debt limit before taking office.
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Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024
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But data over a shorter 3-month and 6-month horizon continued easing towards 2%, and Fed officials have said coming comparisons with relatively high inflation a year ago should help pull the year-over-year inflation numbers into line.
—Howard Schneider, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
All medical communications from the federal government have been temporarily axed, presumably so that they can be brought into line with the new anti-vaccine, anti-expert, anti-science ethos of the MAGA crowd.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
This brings the job market signal back into line with the broader growth data.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024
Capitalize on high interest rates: Best current CD rates
But data over a shorter 3-month and 6-month horizon continued easing towards 2%, and Fed officials have said coming comparisons with relatively high inflation a year ago should help pull the year-over-year inflation numbers into line.
—Howard Schneider, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
All medical communications from the federal government have been temporarily axed, presumably so that they can be brought into line with the new anti-vaccine, anti-expert, anti-science ethos of the MAGA crowd.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
This brings the job market signal back into line with the broader growth data.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Into line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/into%20line. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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