between the lines

See: READ BETWEEN THE LINES.

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read between the lines

[read between the lines] {v. phr.} To understand all of a writer's meaning by guessing at what he has left unsaid. * /Some kinds of poetry make you read between […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

blow one's lines

[blow one's lines] or [fluff one's lines] {v. phr.}, {informal} To forget the words you are supposed to speak while acting in a play. * /The noise backstage scared Mary […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

line

[line] See: [BLOW ONE'S LINES] or [FLUFF ONE'S LINES], [CHOW LINE], [DOWN THE LINE], [DRAW A LINE] or [DRAW THE LINE], [DROP A LINE], [END OF THE ROAD] or [END […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fluff one's lines

[fluff one's lines] See: [BLOW ONE'S LINES]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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