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get someone in a line

get someone in a line verb: to hoax or entrap somebody, so as to get some sport out of them.

Verb

get someone in a line (third-person singular simple present gets someone in a line, present participle getting someone in a line, simple past got someone in a line, past participle got someone in a line or gotten someone in a line)

  1. (archaic, slang) To hoax or entrap somebody, so as to get some sport out of them.
    • I am afraid they have got me in a line.* In addition to the rest of my troubles, I find this shifting ships and fitting out messes attended with an enormous expense. […] * A common phrase among the seamen at Bitche, meaning to allure or entice.The Naval Chronicle, Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects (volume 33, page 281)
    • He's got the gibbet in his face now. Gad! you have choked him there. Yes, she's got him in a line.1826, The Universal Songster, Or Museum of Mirth

Forms of get someone in a line

third-person singular presentgets someone in a line
present participlegetting someone in a line
pastgot someone in a line
past participlegot someone in a line
past participlegotten someone in a line

Questions about get someone in a line

What does get someone in a line mean?
Get someone in a line means to hoax or entrap somebody, so as to get some sport out of them.
What part of speech is get someone in a line?
Get someone in a line is a verb.
What is the past tense of get someone in a line?
The past tense of get someone in a line is got someone in a line.

Words near get someone in a line in the dictionary

  1. get sick
  2. get some
  3. get some air
  4. get someone at it
  5. get someone for a Tartar
  6. get someone in a line
  7. get someone there
  8. get someone's back
  9. get someone's back up
  10. get someone's dander up
  11. get someone's drift

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