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getting someone in a line

getting someone in a line is the present participle and gerund 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)

  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)

Questions about getting someone in a line

What is getting someone in a line the present participle and gerund of?
Getting someone in a line is the present participle and gerund of get someone in a line.

Words near getting someone in a line in the dictionary

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

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