line-up

British  

noun

1. a row or arrangement of people or things assembled for a particular purpose

   the line-up for the football match

2. the members of such a row or arrangement

3. an identity parade

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verb

1. to form, put into, or organize a line-up

2. (tr) to produce, organize, and assemble

   they lined up some questions

3. (tr) to align

line up Idioms  

1. Arrange in or form a line, as in Betty lined up the books on the shelf , or The children lined up for lunch . [Late 1800s]

2. Organize, make ready, make the arrangements for, as in They lined up considerable support for the bill , or Nancy was supposed to line up a hall for the concert . [c. 1900]

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Example Sentences

Changing the two locks was also about bringing some freshness to the starting line-up and boosting competition, Galthie said.

From Barron's

Bethell is confident that will change and England's much-vaunted batting line-up will soon be back to their destructive best.

From Barron's

World number two Jannik Sinner completes the last-eight line-up on Thursday when he will take on sixth seed Jakub Mensik.

From Barron's

Pereira made two changes for his debut, bringing Jesus and Murillo into the starting line-up.

From Barron's

By the end of that campaign, he found himself out of the starting line-up.

From BBC