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  line-up

  noun

  a row or arrangement of people or things assembled for a particular purpose
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  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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Colombian music duo Ácido Pantera, Swedish-Danish ensemble Bitoi and singer Clara Serra López were all part of the line-up.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

The 17-year-old Mexico midfielder Gilberto Mora, who ended up in their starting line-up.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

The celebrity line-up will continue at half-time with performances by Madonna, Justin Bieber, Shakira and BTS.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

There was no major announcement Thursday, with VW simply reiterating previous plans to cut capacity and its model line-up, and analysts said talks would likely take time.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Jonah probably couldn’t have picked Chip’s dad out in a line-up.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Instead, the idea is to line up several potential funding sources and remain flexible as circumstances evolve.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Studios line up to showcase their best and newest offerings at Comic-Con, with dozens of panels to entertain fans.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

CAMBRIDGE, England—Every summer, students here line up in dozens of boats, wait for a cannon to fire, then pelt around the narrow bends of the River Cam trying to smash the crew in front.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shohei Ohtani’s schedules didn’t line up — and Ohtani eventually pulled out of All-Star activities altogether in order to have his left knee drained on Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

As we’d line up in front of the house before getting into the car, Dad would look us all over carefully.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey