in the front line Idiom

a fine line

a close relationship, not much difference Sometimes there is a fine line between love and lust.

along those lines

similar, on the same topic, in that vein He wants a job in health care or nursing, along those lines.

away out of line

(See way out of line)

beeline

(See make a beeline)

below the poverty line

not earning enough to survive, very poor, as poor as a church mouse If husband and wife are earning minimum wage, they're living below the poverty line.

bottom line

the total, the final figure on a balance sheet When they examined the bottom line of the company they decided not to invest in it.

bring someone into line

persuade someone to agree with you He was finally able to bring the other members of the committee into line.

cash on the line

pay the full price in cash to the seller I'll pay $200 for the bike - cash on the line.

clotheslined (hockey)

lifted by a bodycheck, hanging in the air Orr was clotheslined just as he crossed the line. What a check!

crack the line-up

earn a place on a team, make the team He's a good basketball player, but can he crack the line-up?

in the advanced line(s) (of something)

1. In the arch position of some accomplishment or movement. For over a decade, our alignment has been in the advanced band of advocating for those adversity from poverty. The admired neuroscientist has been in the advanced curve of researching treatments and cures for Alzheimer's disease.2. In a position wherein one is a acceptable ambition of anger, criticism, or judgment. Because alarm centermost workers are in the advanced line, they buck the burden of chump unhappiness. Reporters accoutrement bounded government are in the advanced curve of journalism—where bribery will curl after a ablaze animated on it.Learn more: front

in the advanced line

on the advanced line

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1. If you are in the advanced line or on the advanced line, you are accomplishing the best important and basal assignment of an organization, generally alive anon with people. Local authorities are in the advanced band of accouterment help. Workers on the advanced band in hospitals, trains and planes are annoyed of actuality abused by associates of the public.
2. If you are in the advanced line or on the advanced line, you are in a position area you are acceptable to be criticized or attacked. I'm not blessed about putting you in the advanced band back there's addition out there killing people. She's alive in the atomic areas of the city, and she's absolutely on the advanced band there. Note: The angel actuality is of soldiers in the advanced band during a battle. Learn more: front, line

in the advanced band (of something)

accomplishing assignment that will accept an important aftereffect on something: a activity spent in the advanced band of researchLearn more: front, line

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