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line of questioning

line of questioning noun: a series of questions that are ordered to develop a specific argument or to discover or learn more information about a topic.

Noun

line of questioning (plural lines of questioning)

  1. (idiomatic) A series of questions that are ordered to develop a specific argument or to discover or learn more information about a topic.
    • Her idiotic line of questioning only works as hilariously well as it does is because of those baffled subjects—the slow blinks, blank stares, and disappointed head shakes of those interviewees as Cunk detonates such boneheaded bombs as “Has anyone ever claimed responsibility for the Big Bang? So...2025 January 3, Christina Izzo, “Cunk On Life is brilliantly funny (and depressingly timely)”, in AV Club

Forms of line of questioning

plurallines of questioning

Questions about line of questioning

What does line of questioning mean?
Line of questioning means a series of questions that are ordered to develop a specific argument or to discover or learn more information about a topic.
What part of speech is line of questioning?
Line of questioning is a noun.
What is the plural of line of questioning?
The plural of line of questioning is lines of questioning.

Words near line of questioning in the dictionary

  1. line of march
  2. line of nodes
  3. line of operations
  4. line of play
  5. line of purples
  6. line of questioning
  7. line of scrimmage
  8. line of seven
  9. line of sight
  10. line of striction
  11. line of succession

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