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View synonyms for down-the-line

down-the-line

[ doun-thuh-lahyn ]

adjective

  1. complete, full, unreserved, or whole-hearted:

    a down-the-line endorsement.



adverb

  1. whole-heartedly; fully; completely:

    Will you support it down-the-line?

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Word History and Origins

Origin of down-the-line1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

What kind of presidential campaign could possibly sustain the public opposition of the party’s handpicked congressional leaders, people who had heretofore been down-the-line Biden loyalists and the very people who had helped secure Biden’s legislative achievements with their hard work and arm-twisting?

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“I could have gone somewhere else and probably played a lot more. But this was more of a down-the-line decision. I’ve always wanted to be a dawg, man. I’m really loyal to the purple and gold. This decision, for me, was bigger than football. It’s a character thing, to stick it out. I wanted to spend my last year with my brothers, no matter what the role was.”

Mike Johnson has been a down-the-line right-wing congressman.

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In the second set, Pegula led 40-0 on her serve in the fourth game, but Sakkari fought back to win six-straight points, finishing with a down-the-line forehand winner deep in the corner to get the first break.

After smacking a one-handed down-the-line backhand winner that finished with the flourish of a flowing follow-through, giving him a break for a 4-3 edge in the fifth set, Eubanks held his right index finger to his ear, seeking more noise.

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