run lines
run lines verb: to practice or memorize one's lines from a script outside of rehearsal, usually with another person.
Verb
run lines (third-person singular simple present runs lines, present participle running lines, simple past ran lines, past participle run lines)
- To practice or memorize one's lines from a script outside of rehearsal, usually with another person.
- Reporters: When you're not on stage, get together and run lines. As Sheriff Hartman can tell you, ... That group got together regularly to run lines and had great success. ... Using the Grief Sheet to Improve Community Theatre.2002, Kenneth Anderson, Good Grief! Using the Grief Sheet to Improve Community Theatre Production: Telling the Story Better Than It Has Ever Been Told, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 274
- In "Barrymore," Mr. Luce imagines that the actor, one month before his death, has taken over a Broadway theater for an evening to run lines from "Richard III," in anticipation of possibly recreating the role that provided him with his[…]2014 October 13, C. S. Smith, The New York Times Theater Reviews 1997-1998, Routledge, →ISBN, page 51
Forms of run lines
| third-person singular present | runs lines |
|---|---|
| present participle | running lines |
| past | ran lines |
| past participle | run lines |
Questions about run lines
- What does run lines mean?
- Run lines means to practice or memorize one's lines from a script outside of rehearsal, usually with another person.
- What part of speech is run lines?
- Run lines is a verb.
- What is the past tense of run lines?
- The past tense of run lines is ran lines.
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