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on the line

on the line prepositional phrase: on a level with the eye of the observer, as of a picture hung in on a wall.

Prepositional phrase

  1. On a level with the eye of the observer, as of a picture hung in on a wall.
  2. (figuratively) At risk, as in a contest or enterprise.
    • The survival of the company is on the line with this project.
    • I have a stalker. My life is on the line!2007 January 21, Valerie Ahern, Christian McLaughlin, “Come Play wiz Me”, in Desperate Housewives, season 3, spoken by Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria)
  3. Currently calling on the telephone.
    • I have John on the line for you.
  4. On one of the lines marked on a playing field or court; (by extension) within bounds.
    • The ball was on the line but the umpire ruled it out.

on the line meaning in Malayalam

on the line in Malayalam

at risk, in danger, endangered
ആപത്തിലായ, ആപത്തിനു വിധേയമായ, നാശോന്മുഖമായ, സോപസർഗ്ഗ, ആപത്തിലകപ്പെട്ട, വിനാശോന്മുഖ

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Questions about on the line

What does on the line mean?
On the line means on a level with the eye of the observer, as of a picture hung in on a wall.
What is on the line in Malayalam?
On the line in Malayalam is ആപത്തിലായ, ആപത്തിനു വിധേയമായ, നാശോന്മുഖമായ. See On the line meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is on the line?
On the line is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the line in the dictionary

  1. on the lam
  2. on the lamb
  3. on the lash
  4. on the latch
  5. on the level
  6. on the line
  7. on the lines of
  8. on the lookout
  9. on the loose
  10. on the low
  11. on the make

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on the line (page history and authors); on the line (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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