bring into line
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He is believed to have dispatched his own men to Lebanon to bring into line pockets of Hizballah, including those loyal to Obeid, that still support Mohtashami.
From Time Magazine Archive
The economic and fraternal features of federation appeal to the public and bring into line people who did not patronize either church before.”
From Six Thousand Country Churches by Charles Otis Gill
They had held their ground, but on the morrow McClellan could bring into line three to one and an artillery far superior alike in quality, weight and numbers to theirs.
From The Sword of Antietam A Story of the Nation's Crisis by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
After advancing several hundred yards, I found it necessary to bring into line these two regiments on the right and on the left.
From Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 by Joseph Warren Keifer
To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
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