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brought into line

brought into line is the simple past and past participle of bring into line.

Meaning of bring into line

Verb

bring into line (third-person singular simple present brings into line, present participle bringing into line, simple past and past participle brought into line)

  1. (transitive) To bring into a state of conformity; to make consistent with others.
    • These changes will bring the country's anti-piracy laws into line with the rest of the European Union.

Questions about brought into line

What is brought into line the simple past and past participle of?
Brought into line is the simple past and past participle of bring into line.

Words near brought into line in the dictionary

  1. brought forward
  2. brought home
  3. brought home the bacon
  4. brought in
  5. brought into being
  6. brought into line
  7. brought into play
  8. brought it
  9. brought it weak
  10. brought low
  11. brought off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brought into line (page history and authors); bring into line (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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