gets someone in a line
gets someone in a line is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get someone in a line.
Meaning of get someone in a line
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)
- 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)
Questions about gets someone in a line
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- Gets someone in a line is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get someone in a line.
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