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got a line on

got a line on is the simple past of get a line on.

Meaning of get a line on

Verb

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

  1. (US, idiomatic, informal) To obtain information about someone or something.

Questions about got a line on

What is got a line on the simple past of?
Got a line on is the simple past of get a line on.

Words near got a line on in the dictionary

  1. got a hold of
  2. got a jump on
  3. got a kick out of
  4. got a leg up
  5. got a life
  6. got a line on
  7. got a load of
  8. got a move on
  9. got a rise
  10. got a rise from
  11. got a rise out of

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