get a line on

get a line on {v. phr.}

To receive special, sometimes even confidential information about something.

Before Bill accepted his new position, he got a line on how the business was being run.

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[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

in line

[in line] (2) {adj. phr.} 1. In a position in a series or after someone else. * /John is in line for the presidency of the club next year./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[in line] (1) {adv. phr.} In or into a straight line. * /The boys stood in line to buy their tickets./ * /Tom set the chairs in line along the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[out of line] (1) {adv. phr.} Not in a straight line; away from a true line. * /The two edges were out of line and there was a space between […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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