LINE UP


Meaning of LINE UP in English

line up phrasal verb ( see also ↑ line )

1 . if people line up, or if you line them up, they stand in a row or line, or you make them do this:

Line up, everybody!

line somebody ↔ up

He lined us all up in the corridor.

2 . line something ↔ up to arrange things in a row:

I lined the bottles up on the sideboard.

3 . line something ↔ up to move one thing so that it is in the correct position in relation to something else

line something ↔ up with

The windows should be lined up with the door frame.

4 . line somebody/something ↔ up to arrange for something to happen or for someone to be available for an event:

We’ve lined up some excellent speakers for tonight.

He’s already got a new job lined up.

⇨ ↑ line-up

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.