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• line-up
  line-up

  noun

  a row or arrangement of people or things assembled for a particular purpose
• line up
  line up

  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]

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

Scroll down to see the new pro dancer line-up in full.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Props MacKenzie Carson and Sarah Bern are promoted off the bench and into the starting line-up along with 113-cap flanker Marlie Packer.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Ternus leads the engineering teams for Apple's product line-up, including the iPhones that account for most of its revenue and Mac computers with performance well-suited for AI tasks.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

The line-up for this year's send-off has not been completely finalised, leaving the door open for a similarly spectacular finale.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

"Yeah," we concur, hands on our hips, facing him, a line-up of feminists.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez