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Definition of "out of line" []

  • Used other than as an idiom: see out of,‎ line. (phrase)
  • Inappropriate or unsuitable, especially by reason of being unmannerly or indelicate. (phrase)

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Use "out of line" in a sentence
  • "Discreetly, the SWAT teams, locked and loaded, moved to holding points just out of line of sight of the house."
  • "“If Mary Ross gets out of line today, I promise you, Graham Peters, I will hurt that woman.”"
  • "Their mission proved that course-correction maneuvers could be done out of line of sight and out of communications with Earth, that a craft could be tracked from an immense distance, and that it could successfully orbit the Moon and return."
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