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across the line

across the line prepositional phrase: describing the action of a batsman in moving the bat in a direction lateral to that of the incoming ball.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Describing the action of a batsman in moving the bat in a direction lateral to that of the incoming ball

Questions about across the line

What does across the line mean?
Across the line means describing the action of a batsman in moving the bat in a direction lateral to that of the incoming ball.
What part of speech is across the line?
Across the line is a prepositional phrase.

Words near across the line in the dictionary

  1. across country
  2. across from
  3. across lots
  4. across the board
  5. across the ditch
  6. across the line
  7. across the pond
  8. across the way
  9. across variable
  10. across variables
  11. across-the-board

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