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  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

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Tickets have increased over the years, from £185 in 2010 to £408 for the upcoming 2027 line-up.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

The women's championship categories will line-up behind the women's elite field for the first time in the London race.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Thousands of fans replied to an Instagram post featuring the line-up for the London gigs, which also includes metalcore band Hatebreed.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

He could well line-up against Wales again when Portugal play the return match in Cardiff in November.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

But he knew that the line-up of the fight had changed and now each man was for himself.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Ally Walsh, the co-founder of the coffee roaster and cafe, starts each day with almond-butter toast, a snack her mom would make for her, which is now among the items people line up for.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

But that longstanding view doesn’t necessarily line up with the new AI reality, in Luria’s view.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

The days off give the Dodgers extra flexibility to line up their pitching.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Some stretches of DNA created much stronger contacts than others, producing distinct hotspots where two helices were especially likely to line up.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

The shoulders of the shirt line up with his actual shoulders instead of falling halfway down his upper arms the way they do on me.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison