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runs lines

runs lines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run lines.

Meaning of run lines

Verb

run lines (third-person singular simple present runs lines, present participle running lines, simple past ran lines, past participle run lines)

  1. 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

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What is runs lines the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Runs lines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run lines.

Words near runs lines in the dictionary

  1. runs into the ground
  2. runs it up
  3. runs late
  4. runs like a dry creek
  5. runs like a top
  6. runs lines
  7. runs low
  8. runs mad
  9. runs nowhere
  10. runs of play
  11. runs of the ball

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