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lines up one's ducks

lines up one's ducks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of line up one's ducks.

Meaning of line up one's ducks

Verb

line up one's ducks (third-person singular simple present lines up one's ducks, present participle lining up one's ducks, simple past and past participle lined up one's ducks)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To organize one's affairs so that one is ready to act efficiently.
    • "Senator Allen was one reason he made up his mind to go to Washington. He'd like to get some of the windbags out of our way and line up our ducks."1968, Henrietta Buckmaster, The lion in the stone: a novel, page 340

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Lines up one's ducks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of line up one's ducks.

Words near lines up one's ducks in the dictionary

  1. lines one's pockets
  2. lines out
  3. lines someone's pockets
  4. lines up
  5. lines up behind
  6. lines up one's ducks
  7. lines-of-sight
  8. linescan
  9. linescans
  10. linescore
  11. linescores

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