line out
verb
lined out; lining out; lines out
1
: to indicate with or as if with lines : outline
line out a route
2
: to arrange in an extended line
1
: to move rapidly
lined out for home
2
: to make an out by hitting a baseball in a line drive that is caught
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Yet, plenty of Aspen restaurants are actually of the laidback variety: White House Tavern, which is famous for their French dip and crispy chicken sandwich, nearly always has a line out the door.
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
Sorting that forward line out so that, as with the past two seasons, Wrexham possess the attacking threat required to win another promotion.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
From start to finish, a Singer project can take about 10 months once the process begins, and the company has a long line out the door, says Maz Fawaz, the company’s CEO.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 1 Jan. 2025
In markets where a fancy French or innovative Korean restaurant might have trouble succeeding, a bakery making ube halaya croissants or cinnamon-Okinawan sugar toast — devotedly chronicled on Instagram — can find lines out the door.
—Meghan McCarron, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
Sorting that forward line out so that, as with the past two seasons, Wrexham possess the attacking threat required to win another promotion.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
From start to finish, a Singer project can take about 10 months once the process begins, and the company has a long line out the door, says Maz Fawaz, the company’s CEO.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 1 Jan. 2025
In markets where a fancy French or innovative Korean restaurant might have trouble succeeding, a bakery making ube halaya croissants or cinnamon-Okinawan sugar toast — devotedly chronicled on Instagram — can find lines out the door.
—Meghan McCarron, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Line out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20out. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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