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out of line

out of line prepositional phrase: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see out of, line.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see out of, line.
    • I lost my place when I had to get out of line to find you.
    Synonyms:
    out of order
  2. (idiomatic) Inappropriate or unsuitable, especially by reason of being unmannerly or indelicate.
    • I hope my comments yesterday were not out of line.
    • Ah, no inhibitions
      Make no conditions
      Get a little outta line
      I ain't gonna act
      Politically correct
      I only wanna have a good time1997, Shania Twain, Mutt Lange, “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”, in Come On Over, performed by Shania Twain
  3. Disobedient; not following orders or order.
    • Pope Innocent III […] led a crusade against the out-of-line Albigensians in Provence.1984 December 29, Charlie Shively, “Medieval Latin Poems of Male Love and Friendship (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 10
  4. Not in a line; straggly.

out of line meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

out of line in Tamil

வெளியமை, கோட்டுக்கு வெளியே

out of line in Tagalog

inappropriate
wala sa tikma

Synonyms of out of line

Questions about out of line

What does out of line mean?
Out of line means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see out of, line.
What is out of line in Tamil?
Out of line in Tamil is வெளியமை, கோட்டுக்கு வெளியே. See Out of line meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is out of line?
Out of line is a prepositional phrase.

Words near out of line in the dictionary

  1. out of joint
  2. out of keeping with
  3. out of kelter
  4. out of key
  5. out of kilter
  6. out of line
  7. out of luck
  8. out of nowhere
  9. out of office
  10. out of one's box
  11. out of one's cotton-picking mind

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Adapted from Wiktionary: out of line (page history and authors); out of line (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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