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lines of questioning

lines of questioning is the plural of line of questioning.

Meaning of line of questioning

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

Questions about lines of questioning

What is lines of questioning the plural of?
Lines of questioning is the plural of line of questioning.

Words near lines of questioning in the dictionary

  1. lines of life
  2. lines of march
  3. lines of nodes
  4. lines of operations
  5. lines of play
  6. lines of questioning
  7. lines of scrimmage
  8. lines of sight
  9. lines of striction
  10. lines of succession
  11. lines of supply

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