along the lines of

Idioms  

1. Also, on the lines of. Roughly similar or in keeping with. For example, We told the architect we want a design along the lines of his own house but smaller, or Jane asked the caterer for a menu on the lines of the Morgans' wedding reception. This idiom uses line in the sense of “a direction or procedure,” a usage dating from the early 1600s.

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Example Sentences

She’s getting messages along the lines of “Boo hoo, you’re stuck on an island,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

A more likely option for Bardot would be along the lines of the public farewell given to rock star Johnny Hallyday, when large crowds lined the streets of Paris in 2017.

From BBC

If you go look at how deradicalization groups work, how people get pulled out of being in neo-Nazism or white nationalist groups, almost every single one of these guys has stories along the lines of how they had a Jewish boss who was really nice to them when their mother died.

From Slate

‘Sheriff Country,’ spun off from ‘Fire Country,’ and ‘Boston Blue,’ a spinoff of the popular series ‘Blue Bloods,’ are built closely along the lines of their respective motherships.

From Los Angeles Times

“Because she’s at the level that she is, it’s not really a financial thing. You can safely assume it definitely has to be something along the lines of marketing, or greed or to potentially manipulate the Billboard charts,” Todhunter said.

From Los Angeles Times